Writhlington School is a secondary school located in Radstock. 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 15/05/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.3%, which is 2.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Knobsbury Lane, Radstock

School Information

Address: Knobsbury Lane, Radstock, BA3 3NQ
Website: http://www.writhlington.org.uk
Telephone: 01761433581
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Keith Howard
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137548

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 15/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1547
Number of Pupils: 1043
Number of Boys: 512
Number of Girls: 531

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.26 Confidence interval -0.44 to -0.08
Of the 200 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 194 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:40%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:40%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.23
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Old Road , Writhlington BA3 3NG 		- not rated 313 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Nicholas Church School
Kilmersdon Road , Radstock BA3 3QH 		- not rated 1,111 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Trinity Church School
Woodborough Lane , Radstock BA3 3DE 		3out of 4 1,536 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Kilmersdon Church of England Primary School
School Lane , Kilmersdon BA3 5TE 		3out of 4 1,889 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Shoscombe Church School
St Julian's Road , Shoscombe BA2 8NB 		3out of 4 2,719 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Writhlington School
Knobsbury Lane , Writhlington BA3 3NQ 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Mendip Studio School
Knobsbury Lane , Writhlington BA3 3NQ 		3out of 4 127 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fosse Way School
Longfellow Road , Radstock BA3 3AL 		4out of 4 3,127 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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