Court Fields School

Court Fields School is located in Wellington, Somerset, England. The school teaches over 800 pupils from 11 to 16, and does not contain a sixth form.^[3][4]

Court Fields School
Location
Mantle Street Wellington, Somerset , TA21 8SW England
Coordinates	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	Over 800[1]
Houses	Blackdown, Monument, Duke[2]
Colour(s)	Black and white
Website	www.courtfields.net

History

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. The Music and Drama wing of the school was renovated in Spring 2019.^[5]

In January 2013, the school was placed into special measures by Ofsted,^[6] 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.^[7]

The school became a Sponsored Academy from January 2014 in partnership with the Castle School, Taunton.^[8] Until September 2023 when the school become a member of the Blackdown Education partnership.^[9]

Notable former pupils

• Edward Ling, sport shooter
• Tom Nichols, professional footballer who plays for Swindon Town ^[10]
• Paul Williams current Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham