Secondary
Wadham School
Yeovil Road, Crewkerne, TA18 7NT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 763 of 788 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 80.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.0
- Pupils
- 805
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
38%
42.3
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.58 |
| Entered the EBacc | 19% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35% |
| 22/23 | 32% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.3 |
| 22/23 | 30.3 |
| 23/24 | 26.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.58 |
| 22/23 | -0.69 |
| 23/24 | -0.27 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.1 |
| 22/23 | 38.2 |
| 23/24 | 41.3 |
| 24/25 | 42.3 |
Yeovil Road, Crewkerne, TA18 7NT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Somerset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Richard Burgas
- Address
- Yeovil Road, Crewkerne, TA18 7NT
- Telephone
- 01460270123