UK Schools
King Arthur's School
King Arthur's School is a mixed secondary academy in Wincanton, Somerset Council, teaching 450 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 40.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 18 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for King Arthur's School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for King Arthur's School.
- 3 School closed for building work (delayed start)
- 4–5 Inset Days
- 8 Year 7 students only in school
- 9 All students back in school
- 26 Inset Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 18 Last day of Autumn Term
- 19 Inset Day (disaggregated)
- 19–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–5 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Inset Day
- 6 All students back to school (Start of Spring Term)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 Inset Day (SAST)
- 27 Last day of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 First day of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 17 Last day of Summer Term
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20–22 Disaggregated INSET (in lieu of Twilight & revision)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School closed for building work (delayed start) Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Inset Days Sep 4-5, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 students only in school Sep 8, 2025 Event
- All students back in school Sep 9, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Last day of Autumn Term Dec 18, 2025 Term
- All students back to school (Start of Spring Term) Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
- First day of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Inset Day (disaggregated) Dec 19, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Sep 26, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day (SAST) Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
- Disaggregated INSET (in lieu of Twilight & revision) Jul 20-22, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 - Jan 5, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Sep 2, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare King Arthur's School with Somerset Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 40.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Somerset Council England
Attendance 28.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Somerset Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Somerset Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for King Arthur's School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to King Arthur's School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.