SCHOOL PROFILE

Selwood Academy: data, trends and context

Selwood Academy is a middle deemed secondary school in Somerset. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
137741
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Somerset
Region
South West
Trust
MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Postcode
BA11 2EF
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England/Methodist
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
658
FSM eligible
21.1%
EAL / First language other than English
6.4%
SEND (total)
16.4%
SEN Support
13.7%
EHCP
2.7%
White British
87.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.5%
Overall absence
6.5%
Persistent absence
16.7%
Severe absence
1.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
SomersetLocal authority90.1%9.9%3.4%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
14.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
3.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Selwood Academy is a middle deemed secondary school in Somerset. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.