The Taunton Academy is a secondary school located in Taunton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 26/09/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.5%, which is 3.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Cheddon Road, Taunton

School Information

Address: Cheddon Road, Taunton, TA2 7QP
Website: http://www.thetauntonacademy.com/
Telephone: 01823348200
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr John Eddy
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136193

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 26/09/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1150
Number of Pupils: 782
Number of Boys: 424
Number of Girls: 358

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.58 Confidence interval -0.81 to -0.35
Of the 131 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 120 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:7%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:90%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:24%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:36.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.06
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wellsprings Primary School
Crowcombe Road , TA2 7NF 		3out of 4 548 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Lyngford Park Primary School
Bircham Road , TA2 8EX 		- not rated 1,112 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School
Rowford , Cheddon Fitzpaine TA2 8JY 		3out of 4 1,158 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Priorswood Primary School
Wedlands , TA2 7AD 		1out of 4 1,315 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
St Andrew's Church School
Grove Terrace , TA2 6HA 		3out of 4 1,675 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Taunton Academy
Cheddon Road , TA2 7QP 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Castle School
Wellington Road , TA1 5AU 		4out of 4 2,874 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Heathfield Community School
School Road , Monkton Heathfield TA2 8PD 		4out of 4 2,999 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Park House School
277 , Cheddon Road TA2 7AX 		- not rated 428 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
King's Hall School
Pyrland , Kingston Road TA2 8AA 		- not rated 822 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Selworthy Special School
Selworthy Road , TA2 8HD 		3out of 4 864 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
The Sky Academy
Pickeridge Close , TA2 7HW 		- not rated 1,279 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
Taunton School
Staplegrove Road , TA2 6AD 		- not rated 1,772 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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