King Arthur's School
General Information
- Address: West Hill, Wincanton, BA9 9BX – View on map
- Phone: 0196332368
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jonty Archibald
- Age range: 11-16 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 52 families put it first for 60 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 125
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.5% a year (Somerset 16.4%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 56% moved to another school, 44% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Somerset: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 63 (2.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 81 (2.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 29 (0.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Somerset, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 8.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 28.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 33 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
- Attainment 8 score: 40.6
- Compared with the area: 3.9 points below the Somerset average (44.5)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (−7.6 points against an expected 48.2)
- Grade 4+ in English and maths: 56% (Somerset 63%, England 65%) Improving
- Data year: 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
GCSE results over time
24th of 27 secondary schools in Somerset for Attainment 8
- #22Monkton Wood Academy41.4
- #23West Somerset College41.2
- #24King Arthur's School40.6
- #25The King Alfred School an Academy40.5
- #26Whitstone40.5
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Leaver Destinations
- In education, employment, or training a year later: 90.0%
- Went into further education: 79.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
GCSE Subjects Offered
- Maths (General)
- English Language
- Science Double Award
- English Literature
- Geography
- History
- Art & Design
- Photography
- French Language
- Polish
Financials
Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.
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