Court Fields School

Court Fields School is located in Wellington, Somerset, England. The school teaches 724 pupils from 11 to 16, and does not contain a sixth form.[1][2]

Court Fields School
Address
Mantle Street

Wellington
,
Somerset
,
TA21 8SW

England
Coordinates50.9769°N 3.236°W / 50.9769; -3.236
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoAchieve, Belong, Participate
Department for Education URN140416 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherActing: Polly Matthews
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Number of pupils724
HousesRuby, Emerald, Sapphire, Topaz
Websitewww.courtfields.net

History

Since 2005, major developments have occurred. A new block was built for the teaching of Humanities and a sports complex has been constructed in place of the old tennis courts.

The Head Teacher between 2001 and 2013 was Elaine Faull. She followed Maurice Hicks, who left the school in 2001 and is now the head of Holyrood Academy in Chard.

In January 2013, the school was placed into special measures by Ofsted,[3] following an inspection in November 2012 that rated the school as inadequate on a four point scale of outstanding, good, satisfactory and inadequate. In 2016 it was rated as requiring improvement.[4]

The school became a Sponsored Academy from January 2014 in partnership with the Castle School, Taunton.[5] The Head of Castle School, Sarah Watson is the Executive Head of both schools and Deputy Head, Rachel Bennett was the temporary Head of School from September 2013.

As of June 2014, Rachael Bennett has been appointed as the Headteacher of Court Fields School.

Polly Matthews has been appointed acting Headteacher as of 2019

Notable former pupils

At the 2016 Summer Olympics a former pupil Edward Ling won a Bronze medal in Trap shooting.[6] Another former pupil Tom Nichols is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bristol Rovers in League One.[7] Another former pupil is Paul Williams the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.

References
  1. "Court Fields Community School". Department for Education. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Court Fields School". Ofsted. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. Marsh, Michael (16 January 2013). "Court Fields Community School in Wellington rated 'inadequate' by OFSTED". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. "Court Fields School Inspectiuon 2016" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. Marsh, Michael (14 August 2013). "Exciting era for new academy at Court Fields School in Wellington". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  6. "Somerset shooter Ed Ling, from Wellington, wins a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Rio". Somerset County Gazette. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. "Rovers Sign Striker Tom Nichols". Retrieved 2017-07-17.
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