Bridgwater College Academy
Ofsted: Urgent improvement
Score
F28
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Bridgwater, TA6 4QY
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Chilton Trinity School
Chilton Street, Bridgwater, TA6 3JA
Local ranking12th of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 September 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 193
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 975
- Boys
- 461 (47%)
- Girls
- 529 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (94% full)
- SEND
- 18.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.0%
- EAL
- 15.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,281/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 57.1%
- White Other: 14.3%
- Mixed Other: 9.5%
- Asian Indian: 4.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.8%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Other: 4.8%
57.1%
White British
14.3%
White Other
9.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Chilton Street
Bridgwater, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 145677
- UKPRN
- 10083670
- Establishment No.
- 4308
- Trust
- FUTURA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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