Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Academy converter
Westfield Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,013of 1,020 places
- Free school meals
- 23.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 205
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 5 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Westfield Community School (URN 123864, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Westfield Academy has no sixth form. Of the 189 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.5 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Westfield Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Westfield Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 189 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Westfield Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.5 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 18% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.56 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.5 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.1 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 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 | 199 | 97% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 70% |
| English Language | 199 | 97% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 192 | 94% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 131 | 64% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 46% |
| History | 117 | 57% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 53% |
| Geography | 96 | 47% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 53% |
| Chemistry | 67 | 33% | 23% | 13% | 47% | 85% |
| Physics | 67 | 33% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 85% |
| Biology | 67 | 33% | 23% | 13% | 45% | 93% |
| Design and Technology | 60 | 29% | 11% | 8% | 23% | 48% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 55 | 27% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 75% |
| Art and Design | 45 | 22% | 7% | 18% | 24% | 73% |
| Spanish | 38 | 19% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 87% |
| Photography | 31 | 15% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 77% |
| Statistics | 29 | 14% | 5% | 45% | 20% | 93% |
| Religious Studies | 27 | 13% | 31% | 15% | 32% | 70% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 8% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 41% |
| Music | 12 | 6% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 100% |
| French | 10 | 5% | 18% | 30% | 29% | 100% |
| Polish | 6 | 3% | 1% | 67% | 84% | 100% |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 67 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 62 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 19 | — | — |
| Tourism | 16 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 14 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 4 | — | — |
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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.