Somervale Secondary School, Radstock

In 2026, pupils at Somervale Secondary School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.1 in Bath and North East Somerset and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Bath and North East Somerset and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 45.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.01: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 30.2, against 50.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Statistics and History.

For September 2026 entry, 103 families put Somervale Secondary School as their first choice and 300 named it as one of their preferences, for 120 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Somervale Secondary School are Norton Hill Academy (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51); Somerset Studio School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32.4); Writhlington School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.5); and Saint Gregory's Catholic College (6.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.3).

Somervale Secondary School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Somervale Secondary School is one of 44 schools run by Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 89 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 71% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 42% to a further education college, 17% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 32 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 59% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 193 pupils (24.7%) received SEN support and 42 (5.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Somervale Secondary School.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Somervale School Grounds (sw-bound), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Somervale Secondary School issued 97 suspensions, 12.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Somervale Secondary School are St John's CofE Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Midsomer Norton Primary School (0.3 miles), Longvernal Primary School (0.3 miles) and Norton Hill Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.