Secondary
The Kings of Wessex Academy
Station Road, Cheddar, BS27 3AQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1043 of 1194 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
54%
48.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.03 |
| A level students | 102 |
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 | 63% |
| 22/23 | 56% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 54% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.5 |
| 22/23 | 33.3 |
| 23/24 | 33.2 |
| 24/25 | 36.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.04 |
| 22/23 | +0.19 |
| 23/24 | +0.34 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.1 |
| 22/23 | 49.3 |
| 23/24 | 49.7 |
| 24/25 | 48.7 |
Station Road, Cheddar, BS27 3AQ
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
- David Wiltshire
- Address
- Station Road, Cheddar, BS27 3AQ
- Telephone
- 01934742608