Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Academy sponsor led
Brymore Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 327of 350 places
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 68
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 28 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Brymore School (URN 123903, until 9 May 2013).
What the data says
Brymore Academy has no sixth form. Of the 68 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 68% to a further education college and 18% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 18% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 35% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Brymore Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 68 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 68% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 18% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 1% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Brymore Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.0 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.54 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 15% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.1 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.6 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 68 | 100% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 51% |
| Mathematics | 66 | 97% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 58% |
| Design and Technology | 64 | 94% | 11% | 14% | 23% | 55% |
| English Language | 63 | 93% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 63 | 93% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 75% |
| Geography | 48 | 71% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 58% |
| History | 18 | 26% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 61% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 22% | 13% | 53% | 30% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 11 | 16% | 9% | 9% | 28% | 36% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Land Based Ops | 25 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Somerset
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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.