West Somerset College
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Minehead, TA24 6AY
- Distance
- 10.3km away
Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
North Road, Williton, Taunton, TA4 4SW
Local ranking34th of 34 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: Needs attention
Middle deemed secondary
Phase
450
Capacity
9-13
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Placed in a category of concern: Requires significant improvement.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum & teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance & behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 349
- Boys
- 183 (52%)
- Girls
- 166 (48%)
- Capacity
- 450 (78% full)
- SEND
- 20.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.1%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 16.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 30.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,605/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.4%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
93.4%
White British
1.1%
White Other
1.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140631
- UKPRN
- 10045194
- Establishment No.
- 4553
- Trust
- BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD
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