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Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School

Middle deemed secondary Academy school in Taunton TA4 4SW

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  • School Reference Number: 140631
  • Address: North Road, Williton, Taunton TA4 4SW
  • Acting Headteacher: Mr David Terry (Interim)
  • Telephone: 01984 632581
  • Website: danesfieldcofemiddleschool.co.uk
  • Managing Organisation: West Somerset Academies Trust
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy converter
  • Phase: Middle deemed secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 450
  • Local Education Authority: Somerset
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 9 to 13
  • Religious Ethos: Christian
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: March 2014* (Academy Converter)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 20/06/2023

Rating published on 13/09/2023

Overall effectiveness: Requires Improvement

Quality of education: Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes: Requires Improvement

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Requires Improvement

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
11 December 2024 17 January 2025 Monitoring visit
20 June 2023 14 September 2023 School inspection Requires Improvement
22 June 2021 19 July 2021 Monitoring visit
2 March 2021 31 March 2021 Monitoring visit
21 May 2019 19 June 2019 Full inspection Requires Improvement
10 January 2017 20 February 2017 Full inspection Requires Improvement
6 March 2014 7 March 2014 Academy conversion letter

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number140631
Local Authority Code933
Local Authority NameSomerset
Establishment Number4553
School / College NameDanesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
Establishment Type Code34
Establishment typeAcademy converter
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code10
Reason establishment openedAcademy Converter
Open date01-03-2014
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 5
Phase of educationMiddle deemed secondary
Age range Low9
Age range High13
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code02
Religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese CodeCE01
DioceseDiocese of Bath and Wells
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity450
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils368
Number of Boys192
Number of Girls176
Percentage Free School Meals35.10
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code16116
Academy trust or TrustBEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorWest Somerset Academies Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10045194
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date17-01-2025
StreetNorth Road
LocalityWilliton
Address3
TownTaunton
County (name)Somerset
PostcodeTA4 4SW
Websitewww.danesfieldcofemiddleschool.co.uk
Telephone01984632581
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameDavid
Headteacher/Principal last nameTerry (Interim)
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleActing Headteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeK
Government Office RegionSouth West
District CodeE06000066
DistrictSomerset
Ward CodeE05014386
WardWatchet & Stogursey
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001548
Parliamentary ConstituencyTiverton and Minehead
Urban/Rural CodeD1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
GSS LA CodeE06000066
Easting307557
Northing141610
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Somerset West and Taunton 004
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Somerset West and Taunton 004E
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN100041181250
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02006116
LSOA CodeE01029343
Free School Meals129
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN140631
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/140631
LAESTAB9334553
School nameDanesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationAcademy Converter
School open date01/03/2014
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingChristian
Ofsted regionSouth West
RegionSouth West
Local authoritySomerset
Parliamentary constituencyTiverton and Minehead
Multi-academy trust UID16116
Multi-academy trust nameBEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD
Academy sponsor UID16361
Academy sponsor nameWest Somerset Academies Trust
PostcodeTA4 4SW
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils368
Statutory lowest ageN/A
Statutory highest age13
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10256712
Inspection typeRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
Inspection type groupingRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date20/06/2023
Publication date13/09/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection140631
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection9334553
School name at time of latest graded inspectionDanesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Converter
Current school type used for chart C6Academy converter
Overall effectivenessRequires Improvement
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationRequires Improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires Improvement
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementRequires Improvement
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection number10088327
Previous inspection start date21/05/2019
Previous publication date18/06/2019
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection140631
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection9334553
School name at time of previous graded inspectionDanesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionAcademy Converter
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness3
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementRequires Improvement
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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