Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School is a middle deemed secondary school located in Taunton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 22/05/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: North Road, Taunton, TA4 4SW
Website: www.danesfieldcofemiddleschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01984632581
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Middle deemed secondary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Daniel Hartley
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 140631

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 22/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 9 - 13
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 492
Number of Pupils: 326
Number of Boys: 164
Number of Girls: 162

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.3 to 1.6
Writing
Average: -1 Confidence interval -2.3 to 0.3
Maths
N/A: -1.2 Confidence interval -2.5 to 0

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:4%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Peter's Church of England First School
Doniford Road , Williton TA4 4SF
3out of 4 280 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery
Liddymore Road , TA23 0EX
3out of 4 1,292 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Old Cleeve CofE School, Washford
Washford , TA23 0PB
4out of 4 3,049 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Middle deemed secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
North Road , Williton TA4 4SW
2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.