The Kings of Wessex Academy

Station Road, Somerset, BS27 3AQ

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About this school

The Kings of Wessex Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Somerset, Somerset. The school has 1,050 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 6 November 2024. The Headteacher is David Wiltshire. The school is administered by Somerset local authority. It belongs to WESSEX LEARNING TRUST. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 June 2011.

School details

Headteacher

David Wiltshire

Trust

WESSEX LEARNING TRUST

Local authority

Somerset

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

URN

136783

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Kings of Wessex Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Somerset). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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