Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Needs attention | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 16 May 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 4 March 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 174 | 42.2 | 36% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 215 | 41.2 | 33% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 39.7 | 34% | 57% | −0.50 |
| 2022/23 | 193 | 37.9 | 28% | 51% | −0.49 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- West Somerset CollegeThis schoolThis school202642.2Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade2025
- Requires significant improvement 2025
- 20.5 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 27.3 km · SomersetRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 29.2 km · SomersetGood20231.3applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 30.9 km · SomersetSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 31.3 km · SomersetOutstanding20233.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 31.8 km · DevonSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2024
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136791 · 933/4291
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,509 pupils · 745 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2011
- Replaced
- The West Somerset Community College (URN 123877)
- Address
- Bircham Road, Alcombe, Minehead, TA24 6AY
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources