Heathfield Community School
School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Monkton Wood Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Jones
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Taunton Deane
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,410
- Pupils on roll
- 1,383
- URN
- 123883
- Local authority
- Somerset
About this school
Heathfield Community School was a community secondary school in Taunton. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,383 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Heathfield Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 262 | 263 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.1 | 41.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.11 -0.29 to +0.06 | -0.38 -0.56 to -0.20 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 40.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 57.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 9.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.5 |
Trends over time
How Heathfield Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.1 | 36.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.9 | 34 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 32.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Heathfield Community School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 13.4% | 21.8% | 1,383 | — |
| Monkton Wood Academy | 41.4 | 11.3% | 22.9% | 1,267 | 0.0 miles |
| Pyrland School | — | — | — | — | 1.7 miles |
| Bishop Fox's School | 46.9 | 7.4% | 22.2% | 1,123 | 2.4 miles |
| The Castle School | 53.4 | 7.2% | 13% | 1,207 | 2.7 miles |
| Haygrove School | 48.8 | 10.3% | 22.1% | 1,051 | 6.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.8%
- English as an additional language
- 8.6%
- Overall absence
- 13.4%
- Persistent absence
- 36.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Monkton Wood Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Taunton
-
Pyrland School1.7 miles
Secondary · Taunton
-
Bishop Fox's School2.4 miles
Secondary · Taunton
-
The Castle School2.7 miles
Secondary · Taunton
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Haygrove School6.3 miles
Secondary · Bridgwater
Other schools in Taunton
- Bishop Fox's School Secondary
- Kingsmead Academy Secondary
- Monkton Wood Academy Secondary
- Pyrland School Secondary
- The Castle School Secondary
- Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton Primary
- Bishops Hull Primary School Primary
- Bishops Lydeard Church School Primary
- Blackbrook Primary School Primary
- Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School Primary
- Churchstanton Primary School Primary
- Cotford St Luke Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Heathfield Community School teach?
- Heathfield Community School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Taunton.
- Has Heathfield Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Heathfield Community School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Heathfield Community School?
- Heathfield Community School had 1,383 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Heathfield Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.1 in 2022/23 and 41.9 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Heathfield Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heathfield Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.