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Pyrland School Closed

URN: 136193

Address: Cheddon Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7QP

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 28 January 2025:

Quality of education:

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes:

Inadequate

Personal development:

Inadequate

Leadership and management:

Inadequate

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. Closed
  2. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 10 November 2025
  3. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 29 April 2025
  4. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 07 March 2024
  5. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 18 October 2018
  6. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 12 December 2017
  7. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 23 June 2017
  8. Full inspection: InadequateFull inspection, PDF - 27 February 2017
  9. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 16 June 2014
  10. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 05 December 2013
  11. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 09 May 2013
  12. Full inspection: InadequateFull inspection, PDF - 15 March 2013
  13. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 27 February 2012
  14. Opened

About Pyrland School

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Church of England
  • Local authority: Somerset

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 996
  • School capacity: 1050

Location

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  • Address: Cheddon Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7QP
  • Region: South West

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