All-through
The Mendip School
Edmund Rack Road, Prestleigh, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 151 of 152 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.2
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 69.8
- Pupils per adult
- 2.4
- Pupils
- 164
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 October 2023
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
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
18%
15.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 84 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 15.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.86 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 27% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 8% |
| 23/24 | 5% |
| 24/25 | 18% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 91.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -2.19 |
| 22/23 | -2.13 |
| 23/24 | -1.87 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 86.0 |
| 24/25 | 84.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 3.0 |
| 22/23 | 12.8 |
| 23/24 | 16.3 |
| 24/25 | 15.4 |
Edmund Rack Road, Prestleigh, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
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 15 January, 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
- Executive Principal
- Natalie Hanna
- Address
- Edmund Rack Road, Prestleigh, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
- Telephone
- 01749838040