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West Somerset College

Secondary · Minehead · TA24 6AY

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Needs attention

Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 23 March 2026

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At a glance

745 pupils · 49% of 1,509 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
13–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26.2% of pupils
English as additional language
4.7% of pupils
SEN support
15.1% of pupils
EHC plan
2% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.westsomersetcollege.org/
URN
136791

GCSE results (2024/2025)

215 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
41.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
54.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
32.6%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
28.4
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
13.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
36.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
84%
Continuing in education
69%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
8%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
14%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
51%
Any sustained destination
71%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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