Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Academy sponsor led
Court Fields School
- Pupils on roll
- 861of 860 places
- Free school meals
- 26.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 150
- Ofsted
- Good, 22 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Court Fields Community School (URN 123885, until 21 November 2013).
What the data says
Court Fields School has no sixth form. Of the 157 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 39% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 39% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 | Court Fields School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 157 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 39% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 31% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Court Fields School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.8 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.70 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.4 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.6 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 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 Language | 146 | 97% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 146 | 97% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 71% |
| English Literature | 139 | 93% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 107 | 71% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 51% |
| Geography | 76 | 51% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 59% |
| History | 42 | 28% | 41% | 40% | 26% | 74% |
| Chemistry | 34 | 23% | 23% | 18% | 47% | 79% |
| Physics | 34 | 23% | 23% | 12% | 46% | 82% |
| Biology | 34 | 23% | 23% | 12% | 45% | 76% |
| Spanish | 31 | 21% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 20% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 27% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 20% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 63% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 12% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 72% |
| Physical Education | 18 | 12% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 89% |
| Art and Design | 16 | 11% | 7% | 25% | 24% | 81% |
| French | 12 | 8% | 18% | 42% | 29% | 92% |
| Photography | 9 | 6% | 6% | 33% | 19% | 67% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
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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.