Wadham School
Yeovil Road, Crewkerne, TA18 7NT
763 pupils · 97% of 788 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 21 January 2025, published 2 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 37.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 63.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 19.1% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 87 | 87 | 127 | 87 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 147 | 142 | 168 | 144 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 151 | 147 | 183 | 148 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 130 | 129 | 155 | 130 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 155 | 140 | 156 | 142 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Stanchester Academy 8.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Beaminster School 8.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Preston School Academy 11 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Westfield Academy 11.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Holyrood Academy 12.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Buckler's Mead School 13.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.