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Stanchester Academy

URN
137080
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Stanchester Academy
URN
137080
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

65 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

57

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

66

Destinations

57

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#14 of 29 schools in Somerset

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Stanchester Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Stanchester Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
28 January 2025
Inspection date
19 November 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 28 January 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Requires improvement

    Graded 28 January 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

167

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

217

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

166

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.3×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Somerset
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Somerset)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://stanchester-academy.co.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Somerset to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

43.7

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

47.7%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

69.7%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

34.8%

EBacc achievement

Location

TA14 6UG - East Stoke, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset

Contact details

Address
East Stoke, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset
Postcode
TA14 6UG
Phone
1935823200
Website
http://stanchester-academy.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Somerset
Local authority code
933

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 599 schools in Somerset.

Authority statistics

Total schools

599

Open schools

307

Closed schools

292

Primary schools

387

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 28 January 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 28 January 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 January 202519 November 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 28 January 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      28 January 2025
      Inspected
      19 November 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    76.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 162

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    16.7%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    79.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    6.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    6.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    3.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    60

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary387 (64.6%)
    • Secondary60 (10.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other152 (25.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Stanchester Community School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Montacute CofE Primary School797 mPrimaryClosed
    All Saints Church School1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    All Saints Church of England Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    Castle Primary School1.5 kmPrimaryOpen
    Castle Primary School1.5 kmPrimaryClosed
    St Margaret's School, Tintinhull2.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Norton-sub-Hamdon Church of England Primary School2.4 kmPrimaryClosed
    Norton Sub Hamdon Church School2.4 kmPrimaryOpen
    Hill View School2.5 kmNot applicableOpen
    • Stanchester Community School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Montacute CofE Primary School
      Distance
      797 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints Church School
      Distance
      1.2 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • All Saints Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      1.2 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Somerset)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Ansford AcademySecondaryBA7 7JJOpen
    Ansford SchoolSecondaryBA7 7JJClosed
    Bishop Fox's Community SchoolSecondaryTA1 3HQClosed
    Bishop Fox's SchoolSecondaryTA1 3HQOpen
    Brymore AcademySecondaryTA5 2NBOpen
    • Ansford Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BA7 7JJ
      Status
      Open
    • Ansford School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BA7 7JJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Fox's Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TA1 3HQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Fox's School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TA1 3HQ
      Status
      Open
    • Brymore Academy
    Castle Primary School
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Castle Primary School
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Margaret's School, Tintinhull
    Distance
    2.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Norton-sub-Hamdon Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    2.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Norton Sub Hamdon Church School
    Distance
    2.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hill View School
    Distance
    2.5 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    TA5 2NB
    Status
    Open