Cutcombe Church of England First School
Primary · Minehead · TA24 7DZ
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 4 February 2020
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30 pupils · 50% of 60 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 5.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.moorlandfed.co.uk
- URN
- 123831
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 4 February 2020, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place6 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Somerset school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 100% (Somerset 81%, England 60%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Somerset: 3.60 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,754; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 25 February 2025: Standards maintained
- 4 February 2020: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 30.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 16.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 69.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 15.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 44.5% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 25.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 11% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029325 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 1a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted