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Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School: data, trends and context

Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School 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
140631
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Somerset
Region
South West
Trust
BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD
Postcode
TA4 4SW
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
324
FSM eligible
37.7%
EAL / First language other than English
1.5%
SEND (total)
25.0%
SEN Support
19.4%
EHCP
5.6%
White British
92.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.7%
Overall absence
10.3%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Severe absence
5.0%

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
12.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
4.0%
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

See Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School against 25 similar schools

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Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School 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.