Bishop Fox's School is a secondary school located in Taunton. 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 19/04/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.7%, which is 2.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Bishop Fox Drive, Taunton

School Information

Address: Bishop Fox Drive, Taunton, TA1 3HQ
Website: http://www.bishopfoxs.co.uk
Telephone: 01823289211
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Kerry Tonkin
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136851

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 19/04/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 1000
Number of Boys: 504
Number of Girls: 496

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.07 Confidence interval -0.12 to 0.26
Of the 178 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 172 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:20%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.9
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St George's Catholic School
The Mount , TA1 3NR 		3out of 4 855 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
South Street , TA1 3AF 		1out of 4 945 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Holway Park Community Primary School
Shakespeare Avenue , TA1 2JA 		2out of 4 1,106 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St James Church School
Cranmer Road , TA1 1XU 		3out of 4 1,423 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Blackbrook Primary School
Ashbourne Crescent , TA1 2RA 		3out of 4 1,656 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bishop Fox's School
Bishop Fox Drive , TA1 3HQ 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Castle School
Wellington Road , TA1 5AU 		4out of 4 2,321 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Richard Huish College
South Road , TA1 3DZ 		- not rated 264 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
King's College Taunton
South Road , TA1 3LA 		- not rated 665 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Silver Bridge School
54 Silver Street , Taunton TA1 3DL 		- not rated 817 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Taunton Deane Partnership College
Byron Road , TA1 2JD 		3out of 4 1,015 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Queen's College
Trull Road , TA1 4QS 		- not rated 1,842 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Sky Academy
Pickeridge Close , TA2 7HW 		- not rated 2,868 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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