Secondary
Somerset Studio School
Knobsbury Lane, Radstock, BA3 3NQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Studio schools
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 152 of 250 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.6
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 17.3
- Pupils per adult
- 7.3
- Pupils
- 126
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 2024
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
13%
20 points below the Radstock average (33% across 4 schools)
30.5
11.0 below the Radstock average (41.5 across 4 schools)
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Radstock we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 30.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.13 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13% |
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 | 49% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 13% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 27.6 |
| 22/23 | 27.5 |
| 23/24 | 35.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.31 |
| 22/23 | -0.61 |
| 23/24 | -0.31 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.6 |
| 22/23 | 38.4 |
| 23/24 | 40.4 |
| 24/25 | 30.5 |
Knobsbury Lane, Radstock, BA3 3NQ
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.
Bath and North East 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
- Bruce Hain
- Address
- Knobsbury Lane, Radstock, BA3 3NQ
- Telephone
- 01761438557