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]
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 nearly 1000 pupils from 11 to 16, and does not contain a sixth form.^[2][3]

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.

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

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.