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Robert Blake Academy
- Pupils on roll
- —of 990 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 185
- Ofsted
- Not yet inspected under this URN
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Robert Blake School (URN 123878, until 1 April 2025).
What the data says
Robert Blake Academy has no sixth form. Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 64% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 41% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.9 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 38% 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 | Robert Blake Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 163 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 64% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Robert Blake Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.9 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.2 | 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 | 17% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 184 | 99% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 184 | 99% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 62% |
| English Literature | 181 | 98% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 160 | 86% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 54% |
| History | 119 | 64% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 55% |
| Statistics | 76 | 41% | 5% | 8% | 20% | 78% |
| Geography | 51 | 28% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 57% |
| Spanish | 49 | 26% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 49% |
| Photography | 42 | 23% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 67% |
| Media Studies | 38 | 21% | 4% | 5% | 20% | 39% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 29 | 16% | 8% | 10% | 21% | 59% |
| Fine Art | 27 | 15% | 9% | 7% | 28% | 70% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 13% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 63% |
| French | 23 | 12% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 48% |
| Biology | 20 | 11% | 23% | 30% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 20 | 11% | 23% | 35% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 20 | 11% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 90% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 4% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 75% |
| 3D Design | 7 | 4% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 57% |
| Polish | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 48 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 19 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 16 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
| Graphic Design | 11 | — | — |
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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.