Monkton Wood Academy
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Taunton · TA2 8PD · Somerset
Ages 11–18
- Absence13.1%
- FSM24.5%
- Demand0.86
0.0 miles away
ClosedSecondaryURN 123883
Heathfield Community School
Community school · Taunton · TA2 8PD
Ages 11–18 · 1,383 pupils · Somerset
Attainment 8
41.9
Overall absence
13.4%
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.38
−20+2
Attainment 841.9
English & maths grade 5+40%
English & maths grade 4+58%
EBacc entry10%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Absence
Academic year 2022/23. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence13.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)36.3%
Unauthorised4.6%
- Authorised absence
- 8.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 7.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,390
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2023/24 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.87 · Often has places
1st preferences
173
Places offered
223
1st-preference offers
173
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 272
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 199
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (19 Jan 2023).
Capacity fill98%
1,383 pupils · 1,410 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,383
- Boys / girls
- 665 / 718
- School capacity
- 1,410
- Capacity fill
- 1,383 / 1,410 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- FSM pupils
- 270
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Jones
Location
- Address
- School Road, Monkton Heathfield
- Postcode
- TA2 8PD
- Town
- Taunton
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton Deane
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 30 on roll / 27 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Taunton, Somerset, 1,383 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.4%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Pyrland School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Taunton · TA2 7QP · Somerset
Ages 11–16
1.7 miles away
Bishop Fox's School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Taunton · TA1 3HQ · Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att846.6
- P80.2
- EM5+44%
- Absence8.6%
2.4 miles away
The Castle School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Taunton · TA1 5AU · Somerset
Ages 11–19
- Att855.3
- P80.6
- EM5+59%
- Absence6.7%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Jones