Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Academy sponsor led
Pyrland School
- Pupils on roll
- —of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 160
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 28 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Pyrland School (URN 136193, until 1 February 2026).
What the data says
Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 at Pyrland School in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 9% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 9% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.8 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils 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 | Pyrland School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 70% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Pyrland School | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.8 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 5% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.91 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.1 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.6 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 158 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 53% |
| Mathematics | 158 | 99% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 60% |
| English Literature | 154 | 96% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 93 | 58% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 27% |
| History | 80 | 50% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 30% |
| Geography | 77 | 48% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 42% |
| Biology | 62 | 39% | 23% | 6% | 45% | 69% |
| Physics | 62 | 39% | 23% | 5% | 46% | 66% |
| Chemistry | 62 | 39% | 23% | 10% | 47% | 69% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 24% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 74% |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 13% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 81% |
| Media Studies | 19 | 12% | 4% | 16% | 20% | 58% |
| Photography | 16 | 10% | 6% | 6% | 19% | 69% |
| 3D Design | 15 | 9% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 33% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 8% | 13% | 23% | 30% | 54% |
| Textiles | 8 | 5% | 2% | 25% | 27% | 50% |
| French | 8 | 5% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 50% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Tourism | 18 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 6 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 4 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Somerset
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Bridgwater College Academy
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.9
Brymore Academy
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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Buckler's Mead School
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Chilton Trinity School
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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.