The Kings of Wessex Academy
Station Road, Cheddar, BS27 3AQ
1,043 pupils · 87% of 1,194 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.1%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
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 6 November 2024, published 16 December 2024. 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 | 48.7 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 53.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 74.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 37.7% |
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.
Nearby alternatives
- Churchill Academy & Sixth Form 7.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Blue School 11.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy 13.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Priory Community School 13.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Worle Community School 13.7 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- St Dunstan's School 14.2 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.