Ansford Academy is a secondary school located in Castle Cary. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 18/01/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Maggs Lane, Castle Cary

School Information

Address: Maggs Lane, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
Website: http://www.ansford.org.uk
Telephone: 01963350895
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Rachel Purnell
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136839

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/01/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 760
Number of Pupils: 596
Number of Boys: 314
Number of Girls: 282

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.19 Confidence interval -0.43 to 0.04
Of the 120 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 116 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:36%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:33%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.73
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Castle Cary Community Primary School
Park Street , BA7 7EH 		2out of 4 1,079 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ansford Academy
Maggs Lane , BA7 7JJ 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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