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The Kings of Wessex Academy

The Kings of Wessex Academy
Station Road
Cheddar
Somerset
England
BS273AQ

📞 phone: 01934 742608

👨‍🏫 headteacher: Mr David Wiltshire

✉️ reveal email: cdbr…@educ.somerset.gov.ukreveal

🌍 web: www.kowessex.co.uk

938 pupils mixed gender
1194 pupils capacity: 79% full

476 boys 51%

462 girls 49%

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Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
136783
Education phase
Secondary
Religious character
Church of England
Establishment type
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Establishment #
4583
Open date
1. June 2011
Reason open
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OSGB coordinates
Easting: 345738, Northing: 153103
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 51.274, Longitude: -2.7793
Accepting pupils
13—18 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
13. November 2018
Diocese
Diocese of Bath and Wells
Region › Const. › Ward
South West › Wells › Cheddar and Shipham
Free school meals %
10.40
Trust
WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10031581

School governors

  • Mrs Ceri Walsh, Local Governor
    (22. October 2019—31. December 2022)
  • Reverend Stuart Burns, Local Governor
    (22. October 2019—22. October 2023)
  • Ms Emer Ambrosius, Local Governor
    (22. October 2019—8. November 2022)
  • Mr Denis Carroll, Local Governor
    (22. October 2019—22. October 2023)
  • Mrs Amanda Forster-Searle, Local Governor
    (22. October 2019—22. October 2023)
  • Mr Christopher Thurling, Local Governor
    (15. July 2021—31. August 2022)
  • Mrs Gillian Frances Briggs, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (15. October 2021—31. August 2022)
  • Mr Richard John Allen Oliver, Local Governor
    (15. October 2021—22. October 2023)
  • Mr Christopher Thurling, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (1. September 2022—31. August 2025)
  • Mrs Gillian Frances Briggs, Local Governor
    (1. September 2022—31. August 2025)
  • Mr David Wiltshire, Local Governor
    (1. September 2020—None)
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