Huish Episcopi Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school LANGPORT, Somerset·TA10 9SS
Composite score
63.3
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#846
National rank
#68
In South West
#3
In Somerset
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
57%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
74%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
4.27

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Inadequate
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
No
Sixth form provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
198 first choices, 199 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
257
any preference, for 199 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.9720240.9720250.992026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Huish Episcopi Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,250
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,978
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

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About Huish Episcopi Academy

Huish Episcopi Academy is a secondary school in LANGPORT, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,250 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds an 'Inadequate' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 50.6, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 4.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of secondary schools nationally.

57% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Huish Episcopi Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 198 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 9.8%. There are about 20.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Huish Episcopi Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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