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Fosse Way School

Special schoolAges 3–19AcademySixth form

Midsomer Norton, BA3 3AL · Bath and North East Somerset local authority

Midsomer Norton’s School Grade A− better than 83% of towns in England

How full
232 pupils
105% of its 220 places
Free school meals
50%
50 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Fosse Way School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 232 pupils for 220 places
  • 50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, January 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BA3 3) sold for a median £269,950; Midsomer Norton’s is £310,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 22 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Fosse Way beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 9.7

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Bath and North East Somerset avg 50

20304050607080England avg 47.3Fosse Way 9.7

Grade 5+ in English and maths 9%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Bath and North East Somerset avg 52%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Fosse Way 9%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
6.1
2024/25
4.2
2025/26
9.7

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.47: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 13 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
15.7England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
1England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths14%
England’s schools 66% · Bath and North East Somerset 70% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

224 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 26%Boys 74%
Its letter

No letter for Fosse Way School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting January 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Sixth formStrong standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, September 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Fosse Way School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BA3 3, the school’s postcode sector

Midsomer Norton property prices →
£269,950
median sale, 411 sales in 36 months · Midsomer Norton £310,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025BA3 3Midsomer Norton
BA3 3Midsomer Norton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£394K
Semi-detached
£288K
Terraced
£250K
Flat
£170K
BA3 3Midsomer Norton

Homes in BA3 3 sell for a little under Midsomer Norton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+B+BC+A−B+A−DC−C−Fosse Way School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Midsomer Norton, BA3 3AL

Fosse Way School: common questions

What is Fosse Way School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (January 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Fosse Way School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BA3 3, sold for a median £269,950 over the 36 months to August 2026 (411 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Midsomer Norton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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