Wadham School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Crewkerne, Somerset Council, teaching 763 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in January 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Wadham School.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Sixth formRequires improvement
S5 Inspection · Inspected 21 Jan 2025 · Published 2 Mar 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Wadham School.

Wadham School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
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  • 2–30 Autumn Term 2025
  • 27–30 Autumn Half Term Holiday
October 2025
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  • 1–31 Autumn Term 2025
  • 1–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
November 2025
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  • 1–30 Autumn Term 2025
December 2025
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  • 1–19 Autumn Term 2025
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
January 2026
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  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 5–31 Spring Term 2026
February 2026
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  • 1–28 Spring Term 2026
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
March 2026
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  • 1–31 Spring Term 2026
April 2026
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  • 1–2 Spring Term 2026
  • 6–17 Easter Holiday
  • 20–30 Summer Term 2026
May 2026
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  • 1–31 Summer Term 2026
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
June 2026
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July 2026
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  • 1–22 Summer Term 2026
  • 23 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term 2025 September 2, 2025 - December 19, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday September 27 - October 31, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term 2026 January 5, 2026 - April 2, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Holiday February 16 - February 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday April 6 - April 17, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term 2026 April 20, 2026 - July 22, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term Holiday May 25 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday July 23, 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
42.3 Attainment 8 England 46.1
37.5% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
25.9% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Wadham School with Somerset Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.3 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Somerset Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 42.3
Somerset Council 43.5 England 46.1 -3.8 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 37.5%
Somerset Council 40.3% England 45.4% -7.9 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 24.2
Somerset Council 30.5 England 34.9 -10.7 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 22.2
Somerset Council 16.5 England 15.5 +6.7 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 18.4%
Somerset Council 21.4% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 152
Attendance 25.9% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Somerset Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 25.9%
Somerset Council 18.4% England 17.8% +8.1 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.7%
Somerset Council 7.3% England 6.8% +2.9 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 87% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Somerset Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 87%
Somerset Council 92% England 92% -5 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 75%
Somerset Council 84% England 83% -8 vs 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 Wadham 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Wadham 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.