Academic performance

Pupil progress and attainment

Information in this section is for the 2025 to 2026 academic year.

Progress 8

Progress 8 measures a school's performance. It shows how much progress pupils make from the end of primary school (KS2) to the end of secondary school (KS4), across 8 qualifications.

  • A score of zero means pupils made about the same progress as similar pupils across England.
  • A positive score means pupils made more progress than similar pupils across England.
  • A negative score means pupils made less progress than similar pupils across England.
Find out more about Progress 8 confidence intervals

Progress 8 scores are influenced by both the school and their pupils. It is difficult to determine how much of the progress score is due to the school and how much is due to the pupils themselves. Confidence intervals reflect this uncertainty.

If the confidence intervals for two schools overlap, it means we cannot be sure that one school's Progress 8 score is better than the other.

The greater the number of pupils, the smaller the range of the confidence interval. Smaller schools have larger confidence intervals because fewer pupils are included, so the score is more affected by the performance of individual pupils.  

A school is above average if its Progress 8 score is above 0 and the entire confidence interval is above 0.

A school is below average if its Progress 8 score is below 0 and the entire confidence interval is below 0.

Read more about how confidence intervals are used in the secondary accountability measures guidance.

There are no Progress 8 scores available for the academic years 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026. This is because there is no KS2 baseline available to calculate secondary progress measures for these years due to COVID-19 disruption.

Progress 8 for previous years
2024 to 2025 academic year

There are no Progress 8 scores available for the academic years 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026. This is because there is no KS2 baseline available to calculate secondary progress measures for these years due to COVID-19 disruption.

2023 to 2024 academic year

Pupils at this school score -0.13.

This is average because the confidence interval for the progress score includes 0.

The confidence interval is -0.31 to 0.05.

Pupils included in this measure

229 out of 235 pupils were included in this measure.

The local authority average is -0.18.

How many schools are in each banding?

This shows the percentage of schools in England which are in each banding for this measure.

Banding Percentage of schools
Well above average 17%
Above average 18%
Average 33%
Below average 17%
Well below average 16%

Attainment 8

Attainment 8 is used to assess a pupil's average achievement across their 8 GCSE-level subjects.

Find out more about Attainment 8

The 8 subjects that are used in Attainment 8 are split into 3 groups:

  • English and maths, which are both double-weighted
  • other subjects including sciences, geography, history and languages
  • any other approved GCSEs or vocational qualifications

Each GCSE grade is given a point score (for example grade 9 = 9 points, grade 8 = 8 points, and so on). The scores from the 8 subjects (with English and maths counting twice) are added together to give the Attainment 8 score.

If a pupil scores high grades across these subjects, their Attainment 8 score will be higher. The maximum score a pupil can have is 90.

The Attainment 8 score for this school is 51.5.

This means that pupils generally scored the equivalent of just above grade 5 in their 8 GCSE-level subjects.

An Attainment 8 score of 51.5 is 8.1 points higher than the local council average of 43.4. This means pupils are performing above pupils at other schools in the area.

It's 5.3 points higher than the national average of 46.2, meaning pupils are performing above the national average.

Attainment 8 for previous years

2024 to 2025 academic year

The Attainment 8 score for this school is 50.6.

This means that pupils generally scored the equivalent of grade 5 in their 8 GCSE-level subjects.

An Attainment 8 score of 50.6 is 7.1 points higher than the local council average of 43.5. This means pupils are performing above pupils at other schools in the area.

It's 4.5 points higher than the national average of 46.1, meaning pupils are performing above the national average.

2023 to 2024 academic year

The Attainment 8 score for this school is 46.6.

This means that pupils generally scored the equivalent of between grade 4 and grade 5 in their 8 GCSE-level subjects.

An Attainment 8 score of 46.6 is 3.9 points higher than the local council average of 42.7. This means pupils are performing above pupils at other schools in the area.

It's 0.7 points higher than the national average of 45.9, meaning pupils are performing similar to the national average.

Attainment 8 by pupil characteristic
Girls and boys
Pupil group Score Pupils' average grade across 8 GCSEs and equivalent subjects
Girls 52.7 Just above grade 5
Boys 49.9 Just below grade 5
All pupils at the school 51.5 Just above grade 5
English as an additional language (EAL)

A child is recorded as having English as an additional language (EAL) if they hear or use a language other than English at home. This does not show how well a child speaks English and does not mean they are new to the UK.

Pupil group Score Pupils' average grade across 8 GCSEs and equivalent subjects
Pupils with EAL 57.5 Between grade 5 and grade 6
All pupils at the school 51.5 Just above grade 5
Non-mobile pupils

Non‑mobile pupils are pupils who stayed at the same school for their final 2 years of secondary school, years 10 and 11.

Pupil group Score Pupils' average grade across 8 GCSEs and equivalent subjects
Non-mobile pupils 52 Just above grade 5
All pupils at the school 51.5 Just above grade 5

Disadvantaged pupils

Pupils identified as disadvantaged are those who either:

  • were eligible for free school meals at any time during the last 6 years
  • have been in the care of the local council for a day or more
  • have been adopted from care

Compare the average progress of disadvantaged pupils at this school or college, with disadvantaged pupils at state‑funded schools and colleges locally and across England.

Pupil group (disadvantaged) Score Pupils' average grade across 8 GCSEs and equivalent subjects
School 42.1 Just above grade 4
Somerset average 31.7 Just above grade 3
England average 35.6 Between grade 3 and grade 4
Compare state-funded local and national averages for non-disadvantaged pupils
Non-disadvantaged pupils
Pupil group (non-disadvantaged) Score Pupils' average grade across 8 GCSEs and equivalent subjects
Somerset average 46.8 Between grade 4 and grade 5
England average 50.7 Grade 5
Show previous years data for disadvantaged pupils
2024 to 2025 academic year
Pupil group (disadvantaged) Score Pupils' average grade across 8 GCSEs and equivalent subjects
School 37.1 Between grade 3 and grade 4
Somerset average 30.5 Grade 3
England average 34.9 Between grade 3 and grade 4
2023 to 2024 academic year
Pupil group (disadvantaged) Score Pupils' average grade across 8 GCSEs and equivalent subjects
School 29.8 Just below grade 3
Somerset average 30.2 Grade 3
England average 34.6 Between grade 3 and grade 4
Low, medium and high prior attainers

Prior attainment is based on a pupil's attainment in English reading and maths national curriculum tests at the end of KS2.

Pupils can achieve a score between 80 to 120.

Pupils are categorised as:

  • low prior attainers if their average score is below 100
  • middle prior attainers if their average score is greater than or equal to 100 but less than 110
  • high prior attainers if their average score is greater than or equal to 110

Pupils who score below the level of the test are assessed by their teachers. Find out more information about prior attainment. (opens in a new tab)

There are no Attainment 8 scores available for prior attainment for the academic years 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026. This is because there is no KS2 baseline available to calculate prior attainment for these years due to COVID-19 disruption.