West Somerset College
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Minehead, TA24 6AY
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Minehead Middle School
Ponsford Road, Minehead, TA24 5RH
Local ranking30th of 34 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Good
Middle deemed secondary
Phase
648
Capacity
9-13
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 566
- Boys
- 302 (53%)
- Girls
- 264 (47%)
- Capacity
- 648 (87% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.8%
- EAL
- 7.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 16.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,677/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.9%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.4%
87.9%
White British
6.0%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ponsford Road
Minehead, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136774
- UKPRN
- 10033704
- Establishment No.
- 4290
- Trust
- BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD
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Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F20
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Taunton, TA4 4SW
- Distance
- 11.0km away
Kingsmead Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Taunton, TA4 2NE
- Distance
- 21.2km away
Llantwit Major School
Estyn: Special measures
Score
D40
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Llantwit Major, CF61 1TQ
- Distance
- 22.9km away
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Score
B70
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Middle school
- Location
- Barry, CF62 8YU
- Distance
- 26.9km away
Whitmore High School
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Score
C57
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Barry, CF62 8ZJ
- Distance
- 27.1km away