Wadham School is a secondary school located in Crewkerne. 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 27/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.1%, which is 3.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Yeovil Road, Crewkerne, TA18 7NT
Website: http://www.wadhamschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01460270123
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Matthew Gardner
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 123893

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 27/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 13 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 788
Number of Pupils: 477
Number of Boys: 243
Number of Girls: 234

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.05 Confidence interval -0.16 to 0.26
Of the 141 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 139 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:60%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:47%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.27
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ashlands Church of England First School
North Street , TA18 7AL
3out of 4 867 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Bartholomew's Church of England First School
Kithill , TA18 8AS
3out of 4 1,206 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Misterton Church of England First School
Misterton , TA18 8LZ
3out of 4 2,539 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Haselbury Plucknett Church of England First School
North Street , Haselbury Plucknett TA18 7RQ
3out of 4 2,702 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Merriott First School
Church Street , TA16 5PT
3out of 4 2,949 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wadham School
Yeovil Road , TA18 7NT
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Middle deemed secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Maiden Beech Academy
Lyme Road , TA18 8HG
3out of 4 1,984 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Perrott Hill
North Perrott , TA18 7SL
- not rated 2,141 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.