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Pyrland School

Secondary school in Taunton, Somerset. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Jan 2025). Special measures.

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 28 January 2025, report published 28 April 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.

This inspection was given to Pyrland School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Pyrland School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentInadequate
Leadership and managementInadequate
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around January 2029

The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby secondary schools

  1. 1.6 milesThe Castle School

    Secondary, Taunton, Somerset

    Outstanding (Oct 2023)

  2. 1.7 milesMonkton Wood Academy

    Secondary, Taunton, Somerset

    Inadequate (Mar 2023) Special measures

  3. 2.2 milesBishop Fox's School

    Secondary, Taunton, Somerset

    School remains Good (Mar 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.