Ansford Academy
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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
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Stanchester Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 829of 880 places
- Free school meals
- 22.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 132
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 19 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Stanchester Community School (URN 123889, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Stanchester Academy has no sixth form. Of the 140 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 69% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.7 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Stanchester Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Somerset and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Stanchester Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 140 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 69% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Stanchester Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.7 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 35% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 11% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.0 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.3 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 132 | 100% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 64% |
| English Language | 130 | 98% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 130 | 98% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 99 | 75% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 61% |
| History | 74 | 56% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 41% |
| Geography | 57 | 43% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 46% |
| Spanish | 46 | 35% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 74% |
| Business Studies | 43 | 33% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 35% |
| Photography | 39 | 30% | 6% | 3% | 19% | 44% |
| Fine Art | 35 | 27% | 9% | 23% | 28% | 80% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 25% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| 3D Design | 31 | 23% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 26% |
| Biology | 27 | 20% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 20% | 23% | 44% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 27 | 20% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 96% |
| Drama | 25 | 19% | 7% | 12% | 27% | 68% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 13% | 13% | 24% | 30% | 47% |
| Physical Education | 13 | 10% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 54% |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 21 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 12 | — | — |
Where Stanchester Academy is
Other secondary schools in Somerset are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Somerset’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Somerset
Bishop Fox's School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Bridgwater College Academy
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.9
Brymore Academy
Academy sponsor led · 327 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Buckler's Mead School
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Chilton Trinity School
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.