Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Community special school
Fairmead School
- Pupils on roll
- 152of 140 places
- Free school meals
- 44.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 14 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Fairmead School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Fairmead School’s own sixth form (Somerset average 17%), 83% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Fairmead School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 12 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 83% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 17% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
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
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Somerset
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0
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.