Academy · Somerset
Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
- Secondary
- Ages 9–13
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Somerset council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 9 December 2025. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade. It was inspected as Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
Requires significant improvement
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 20 June 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
- Address
- North Road, Taunton, TA4 4SW
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.