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King's Bruton

Mixed · ages 13–19 · with sixth form · Anglican/ChristianSomerset, South West · Bruton BA10 0EDSchool website
Pupils on roll
304of 380 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
79
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: King's Bruton Pre-Preparatory School (URN 123922).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where King's Bruton’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

A level grades average B-, around the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Politics, History and English Literature.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Somerset and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureKing's BrutonSomersetEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)25.143.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%40%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%31%41%
EBacc average point score1.453.784.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils47.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language6987%89%22%20%90%
English Literature6886%86%18%21%88%
Geography5165%41%29%25%90%
Art and Design2835%7%57%24%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2430%8%42%21%100%
Design and Technology1823%11%50%23%100%
Drama79%7%14%27%100%
Religious Studies56%31%32%
Music56%5%33%
Latin23%1%74%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group45%
Music performance: Group23%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureKing's BrutonSomersetEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study153
— of whom A level students751,831261,341
Average A level gradeB-C+B-
Average points per A level entry36.0433.8135.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+C+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects11%12%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Politics2128%6%
History2128%13%
English Literature1723%11%
Psychology1520%23%
Mathematics1216%31%
Physical Education1216%3%
Art and Design1013%1%
Chemistry912%17%
Business Studies912%13%
Art and Design (Critical Studies)79%0%
Biology68%20%
French1%
Further Mathematics5%
Music0%
Music Technology0%
Physics12%
Russian0%
Product Design2%
Economics13%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business ManagementBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*2229%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2128%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*912%
Speech and DramaBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*
LatinGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
LatinGCE AS level (All)
Speech and DramaBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)
Small Business ManagementBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)

Other secondary schools in Somerset

Ansford Academy

Academy converter · 469 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Bishop Fox's School

Academy converter · 1,123 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9

Brymore Academy

Academy sponsor led · 327 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.