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Schools in Somerset
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Taunton School (IND) 95 93 1047.5 320.9
Wells Cathedral School (IND, SEL) 92 87 1033.6 320.9
Sexey's School 88 87 1027.4 246.8
Brymore School 40 33 1025.2 NA
Queen's College (IND, SEL) 84 78 1023.8 332.6
Castle School, The 78 67 1019.3 NA
Heathfield Community School 67 50 1016.6 NA
Huish Episcopi School 71 59 1009 NA
St Dunstan's Community School 66 41 1006.2 NA
Westfield Community School 61 44 1005.5 NA
Crispin School 74 63 1004 NA
Blue School, The 68 57 1004 296.2
Haygrove School 64 55 1003.9 NA
Ansford Community School 60 52 1003.8 NA
Kings of Wessex Community School, The 71 61 999.4 274
Kingsmead Community School 63 54 998.6 NA
Stanchester Community School 63 51 998.5 NA
Frome Community College 51 39 997.3 268.9
Bishop Fox's Community School 44 39 988.7 NA
Wadham School 60 47 987.9 268.9
Holyrood Community School 50 37 984.3 221.7
West Somerset Community College, The 50 40 984.1 257.6
Bucklers Mead Community School 49 31 982.7 NA
Ladymead Community School 54 41 979.3 NA
Whitstone 49 33 978.3 NA
Preston School 54 38 975.7 NA
King Alfred School, The 39 29 973.3 196.5
Robert Blake Science College 37 31 972.6 NA
Court Fields Community School 55 41 971.2 NA
King Arthur's Community School 54 44 968.9 NA
Chilton Trinity Technology College 43 33 968.1 NA
East Bridgwater Community School 39 33 963.8 NA
St Augustine of Canterbury School, The 36 19 938.6 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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