Jump to content

Westfield Academy, Yeovil: Difference between revisions

Edit links
Coordinates: 50°57′00″N 2°39′04″W / 50.9501°N 2.6512°W / 50.9501; -2.6512
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Tag: Reverted
23r2 (talk | contribs)
49 edits
changed wording to make it more neutral.
 
(20 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox school
{{Infobox school
| name = Westfield Academy
| name = Westfield Academy
Line 24: Line 25:
| ofsted = Yes
| ofsted = Yes
| staff = 120
| staff = 120
| enrollment = 904
| enrollment = 90
| gender = Mixed
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
| upper_age = 16
| houses = Darwin, Einstein, Franklin and Galileo
| houses = Ventus, Aqua, Ignis, Terra
| colours = Green, blue, red and yellow
| colours = Yellow, blue, red, green
| publication =
| publication =
| free_label =
| free_label =
Line 39: Line 40:


==History==
==History==
The school was created as a comprehensive school in 1975 following the abandonment of Grammar School education in the Yeovil area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/directory/westfieldcommunity.aspx | title=Westfield Community School | publisher=YeovilTown.com | access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref> The school was an amalgamation of the first to fifth forms of [[Yeovil High School]], [[Yeovil School]] and Summerleaze Secondary Modern School. The Sixth Forms were relocated to [[Yeovil College]]. Westfield School utilised the buildings of the former Yeovil High School and Westfield Junior School, which were located on opposite sides of a large playing field. The displaced junior school moved to the Summerleaze site, where it merged with Parcroft Primary School to become [[Oaklands Community Primary School]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.westfield-inf.somerset.sch.uk/ | title=Westfield Primary School | publisher=Westfield primary School | access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>
The school was created as a comprehensive school in 1975, following the decision of [[Somerset County Council]] to end selective [[grammar school]] education in the Yeovil area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/directory/westfieldcommunity.aspx | title=Westfield Community School | publisher=YeovilTown.com | access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref> The new school was launched with the pupils from the first to fifth forms of [[Yeovil High School]], [[Yeovil School]], and Summerleaze Secondary Modern School, while those in the high schools’ [[sixth form]]s were offered and mostly accepted places at the new [[Yeovil College]]. Westfield Comprehensive School took over the buildings of the former Yeovil High School for girls and the old Westfield Junior School, which had been located on opposite sides of a large playing field.<ref name=WS>{{cite web | url=http://www.westfield-inf.somerset.sch.uk/ | title=Westfield Primary School | publisher=Westfield primary School | access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>


In 2010, the school announced plans to build a number of sports field on the old Westfield Infants School, which will be demolished.
In 2010, the children of the Westfield Junior School and the Parcroft Primary School moved to the Summerleaze site of the new Oaklands Community Primary School.<ref name=WS/> In the same year, the school announced plans to provide sports fields on the old Westfield Infants School, which was to be demolished.


⚫
In 2012, the School secured just under £60,000 of national lottery funding money to be used to update the tennis courts. These courts are now used by the students and outside sporting clubs.
⚫
In the summer of 2011, the school announced its best ever GCSE exam results, with 79% of the school leavers achieving 5 GCSEs at A*-C. In addition, 56% of the students gained 5 GCSEs at grades A* - C including English and Maths. These results considerably outstripped the other secondary schools in Yeovil.
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/news/article-1620810-detail/article.html | title=Double celebration as two schools become one | publisher=Western Gazette | access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>


==Academic performance and inspections==
⚫
In 2012 the School secured just under £60000 of national lottery funding money to be used to update the tennis courts. These courts are now used by the students and outside sporting clubs.

⚫
In the summer of 2011, the school announced its best ever GCSE exam results, with 79% of the school leavers achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C. In addition, 56% of the students gained 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and Maths. These results were some of the highest in Yeovil at the time..<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/news/article-1620810-detail/article.html | title=Double celebration as two schools become one | publisher=Western Gazette | access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>

In 2023, the school was inspected by [[Ofsted]] and received a judgment of Good.<ref>{{Cite web |last=enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk |first=Ofsted Communications Team |date=2020-10-08 |title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/137203 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}</ref>


==Alumni==
==Alumni==
* [[Sam Weale]], pentathlete
* [[Sam Weale]], pentathlete

[[Nathan Durdle]], living icon
== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.westfield-school.co.uk/}}
* {{Official website|https://www.westfieldacademy.co.uk}}
* {{Official website|http://oldyeovilians.co.uk/|Old Yeovilians}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208110017/http://oldyeovilians.co.uk/ |date=8 February 2020 |title=Old Yeovilians' Association Home page}}


{{Schools in Somerset}}
{{Schools in Somerset}}

Latest revision as of 22:29, 7 December 2024

Westfield Academy
Address
Map
Stiby Road

Yeovil
,
Somerset
,
BA21 3EP

England
Coordinates50°57′00″N 2°39′04″W / 50.9501°N 2.6512°W / 50.9501; -2.6512
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoSeeing the qualities in every child
Established1975; 50 years ago (1975)
SpecialistScience
Department for Education URN137203 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherSimon Dallimore
Staff120
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrollment90
HousesVentus, Aqua, Ignis, Terra
Colour(s)Yellow, blue, red, green
Websitewww.westfieldacademy.co.uk

Westfield Academy (formerly known as Westfield School) is a secondary school in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The school has 904 students aged between 11 and 16 years.[1] In August 2011, it became an academy.

History

[edit]

The school was created as a comprehensive school in 1975, following the decision of Somerset County Council to end selective grammar school education in the Yeovil area.[2] The new school was launched with the pupils from the first to fifth forms of Yeovil High School, Yeovil School, and Summerleaze Secondary Modern School, while those in the high schools’ sixth forms were offered and mostly accepted places at the new Yeovil College. Westfield Comprehensive School took over the buildings of the former Yeovil High School for girls and the old Westfield Junior School, which had been located on opposite sides of a large playing field.[3]

In 2010, the children of the Westfield Junior School and the Parcroft Primary School moved to the Summerleaze site of the new Oaklands Community Primary School.[3] In the same year, the school announced plans to provide sports fields on the old Westfield Infants School, which was to be demolished.

In 2012, the School secured just under £60,000 of national lottery funding money to be used to update the tennis courts. These courts are now used by the students and outside sporting clubs.

Academic performance and inspections

[edit]

In the summer of 2011, the school announced its best ever GCSE exam results, with 79% of the school leavers achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C. In addition, 56% of the students gained 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and Maths. These results were some of the highest in Yeovil at the time..[4]

In 2023, the school was inspected by Ofsted and received a judgment of Good.[5]

Alumni

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Westfield Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Westfield Community School". YeovilTown.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Westfield Primary School". Westfield primary School. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Double celebration as two schools become one". Western Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  5. ^ enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk, Ofsted Communications Team (8 October 2020). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Westfield_Academy,_Yeovil&oldid=1261775335"