Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Taunton · TA4 4SW
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, requires significant improvement, at the inspection of 9 December 2025. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 9 December 2025 · report published 25 March 2026
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- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- URN
- 152723
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 25.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 21.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 27.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 35.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 62.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 29.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 38.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 12.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 16.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 13.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029343 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £255,000107 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £210,000–£312,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 3a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
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