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Kingsmead Academy

URN: 136639

Address: Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2NE

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 3 December 2024:

Quality of education:

Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes:

Good

Personal development:

Good

Leadership and management:

Requires Improvement

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

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 21 January 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection: Requires ImprovementSchool inspection, PDF - 21 September 2022
    PDF – Published

  3. Short inspection Short inspection, PDF - 19 April 2017
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 10 September 2013
    PDF – Published

  5. Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter, PDF - 18 February 2012
    PDF – Published
  6. Opened
  7. Previously Kingsmead Community School Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Kingsmead Academy

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Somerset

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 925
  • School capacity: 1050

Location

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  • Address: Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2NE
  • Region: South West

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