Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Academy converter
Whitstone
- Pupils on roll
- 545of 625 places
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 111
- Ofsted
- Good, 26 April 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Whitstone (URN 123872, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Whitstone has no sixth form. Of the 98 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 66% to a further education college and 13% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 13% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.5 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 35% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Whitstone | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 98 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 66% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 13% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Whitstone | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.5 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 25% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.4 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.3 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 9% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 109 | 98% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 74% |
| English Language | 109 | 98% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 68% |
| English Literature | 106 | 95% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 79 | 71% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 44% |
| History | 71 | 64% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 46% |
| Geography | 49 | 44% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 73% |
| Physics | 30 | 27% | 23% | 3% | 46% | 57% |
| Biology | 30 | 27% | 23% | 10% | 45% | 87% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 27% | 23% | 7% | 47% | 80% |
| Art and Design | 27 | 24% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 11% |
| Design and Technology | 26 | 23% | 11% | 15% | 23% | 46% |
| Statistics | 24 | 22% | 5% | 21% | 20% | 75% |
| German | 24 | 22% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 92% |
| Photography | 21 | 19% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 48% |
| Polish | 8 | 7% | 1% | 75% | 84% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 7% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 25% |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 27 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 18 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 12 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 8 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 5 | — | — |
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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.