The Sky Academy
Special / other · Taunton · TA2 7HW
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 4 May 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
105 pupils · 88% of 120 capacity
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Boys
- Free school meals
- 76.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Website
- theskyacademy.clf.uk
- URN
- 150134
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
17 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.