# Ansford Academy — Castle Cary, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 2.3/5 from 11 published reviews
- **Principal:** Our Head of School

## Contact

- **Address:** Maggs Lane, Castle Cary
- **Phone:** 25144936
- **Website:** http://www.ansford.org.uk
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/castle-cary/ansford-academy-12487

## About

Welcome to Ansford Academy, a learning community where we strive to lead our lives. We are a school that values the unique qualities of each individual and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Requires Improvement — Oct 2023
- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Requires Improvement — Oct 2023
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Requires Improvement — Oct 2023
- **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Oct 2023
- **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Requires Improvement — Oct 2023

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Awful!: If I could put 0 stars, I would! Worst school I've ever been to! The students grade last year in terms of percentage are half compared to the average school. Says a lot about a disgusting school like this one! *(Jun 2025)*
- **2/5** — Bullying of staff by the staff.: I did part of my teacher training at Ansford in 2018 and was bullied publicly in front of all of the teaching staff, including the principle, harassed in the corridors by a male member of staff and received threatening looks when I complained. Additionally, the school was named in front of the 200 cohort of trainee teachers at Bath Spa University, as a school that the university should not be sending trainee teachers to. Sadly, my experience detracted from the care and effort made by my amazing … *(Jan 2024)*
- **5/5** — Brilliant experience at Ansford Academy: Ansford Academy has been an excellent choice for my son. The school's focus on mental health and wellbeing has been particularly impressive, and the staff have always been supportive and approachable. The facilities are also great, and the sports programs have really helped my child develop new skills. *(Sep 2023)*
- **1/5** — school review: boring. never get to do fun things. *(May 2023)*
- **5/5** — Great start to my child's education: We've been really impressed with the transition from primary school to Ansford Academy. The staff have been helpful and friendly, and the curriculum seems well-structured. My child is enjoying the Duke of Edinburgh Award program and is already showing a lot of enthusiasm for outdoor activities. *(Feb 2023)*
- **4/5** — Mixed feelings about Ansford Academy: We had a bit of a mixed experience at Ansford Academy. The school's values and ethos were great, and our child was happy to be part of the community. However, we felt that the communication with parents could be improved, and there were some issues with the school's management of SEND students. Overall, it was an okay experience, but we wouldn't necessarily recommend it to everyone. *(Nov 2022)*
- **1/5** — Ansford academy school review: The school says alot of things they do to help and fail to do that , they could not care about bullying and actually likes to support said bully more than they do the person receiving it in my experience. The teachers do not care in most circumstances and give up incredibly quickly meaning getting good grades is difficult for example my maths teacher who actually left due to bad results and complaints from teachers . The supply teachers are the redeeming factor of the school as they really do ca… *(Sep 2022)*
- **3/5** — Eh it was ok: It wasn’t anything special. The teachers obviously had clear favourites which most of them did not try to hide. If you’re being bullied good luck finding help, I had a breakdown in one lesson and my teacher straight up told me I have depression and anxiety in front of everybody. Some teachers are nice but only if they like you. Dogs cute tho *(Dec 2021)*
- **3/5** — Ok but not the best.: This school isn't exactly the best. In my years here I have been severely bullied at one point and nothing was ever done about it. The behaviour is quite awful and kids just cause havoc in the middle of class ,disrupting lessons and the teachers can't really do much about it.kids aren't really supervised at lunch so a lot of incidents happen then and people are just so rude. At one point I was crying on a daily basis because it was so bad. Some of the teachers get fed up if they are in a bad moo… *(Nov 2021)*
- **2/5** — Worst for mental health: Teachers were nice but if your child suffers from mental health problems be prepared for the worst support going. School councillors are terrible, teachers constantly turning mental health issues into going back to lessons because that “takes your mind off things”. Told a teacher I wanted to kill myself and his reply was “go back to lesson soon”. All they want is good attendance and kids to be in lessons but don’t look at why some kids play up and get angry at them when really some want to be un… *(Apr 2021)*

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