Court Fields School

Academy in Wellington, Somerset, England

Court Fields School

Address

Mantle Street

Wellington, Somerset

TA21 8SW

England

Coordinates| 50°58′37″N 3°14′10″W﻿ / ﻿50.9769°N 3.236°W﻿ / 50.9769; -3.236
Information
Type| Academy
Motto|  Achieve | Belong | Participate
Department for Education URN| 140416 Tables
Head teacher| Polly Matthews
Gender| Co-educational
Age| 11 to 16
Number of pupils| 753
Houses| Blackdown, Monument, Duke[1]
Colour(s)| Black and white
Website| www.courtfields.net

Court Fields School is located in Wellington, Somerset, England. Court Fields is home to the “Theatre Of Leaves”, which is known to be one of the most atmospheric football grounds in the United Kingdom. The school teaches 753 pupils from 11 to 16, and does not contain a sixth form.[2][3]

## History

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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.

In January 2013, the school was placed into special measures by Ofsted,[4] 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.[5]

The school became a Sponsored Academy from January 2014 in partnership with the Castle School, Taunton.[6] Until September 2023 when the school become a member of the Blackdown Education partnership.[7]

## Notable former pupils

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At the 2016 Summer Olympics a former pupil Edward Ling won a bronze medal in Trap shooting.[8] Another former pupil Tom Nichols is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bristol Rovers in League One.[9] Another former pupil is Paul Williams the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.

## References

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1. ^ "House System". Court Fields School. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
2. ^ "Court Fields Community School". Department for Education. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
3. ^ "Court Fields School". Ofsted. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
4. ^ Marsh, Michael (16 January 2013). "Court Fields Community School in Wellington rated 'inadequate' by OFSTED". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
5. ^ "Court Fields School Inspectiuon 2016" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 28 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
6. ^ Marsh, Michael (14 August 2013). "Exciting era for new academy at Court Fields School in Wellington". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
7. ^ "Blackdown Education Partnership - BEP". Blackdown Education Partnership. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
8. ^ "Somerset shooter Ed Ling, from Wellington, wins a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Rio". Somerset County Gazette. 9 August 2016.
9. ^ "Rovers Sign Striker Tom Nichols". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

## External links

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* Official website

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