Academy sponsor led

Court Fields School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSomerset, South West · Wellington TA21 8SWTrust: Blackdown Education PartnershipSchool website
Pupils on roll
861of 860 places
Free school meals
26.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
150
Ofsted
Good, 22 March 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Court Fields Community School (URN 123885, until 21 November 2013).

What the data says

Court Fields School has no sixth form. Of the 157 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 39% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 39% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.

11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

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.

Court Fields School
Somerset
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureCourt Fields SchoolSomersetEngland
Pupils in the cohort1575,178607,348
Any sustained destination86%92%92%
Stayed in education71%81%86%
— school sixth form2%17%34%
— sixth form college39%17%13%
— further education college31%47%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship8%6%3%
Employment7%5%3%
No sustained destination11%6%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCourt Fields SchoolSomersetEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.843.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%40%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects22%31%41%
EBacc average point score3.703.784.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort19%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.430.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.647.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language14697%89%12%20%73%
Mathematics14697%88%10%22%71%
English Literature13993%86%16%21%81%
Combined Science10771%65%6%9%51%
Geography7651%41%16%25%59%
History4228%41%40%26%74%
Chemistry3423%23%18%47%79%
Physics3423%23%12%46%82%
Biology3423%23%12%45%76%
Spanish3121%19%19%27%71%
Design and Technology3020%11%3%23%27%
Computer Science3020%13%13%30%63%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1812%8%17%21%72%
Physical Education1812%11%17%24%89%
Art and Design1611%7%25%24%81%
French128%18%42%29%92%
Photography96%6%33%19%67%
Polish32%1%84%
Portuguese21%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies37
Health Studies33
Computer Appreciation / Introduction15
Speech and Drama13

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.