St Dubricius Church of England VA School

Voluntary aided school·First school Minehead, Somerset·TA24 8QJ

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

St Dubricius Church of England VA School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

12 first choices, 12 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 12 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Dubricius Church of England VA School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 93
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

18.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

13.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

18.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£9,757

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Minehead Middle School Minehead · 5.4 mi 18.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

St Dubricius Church of England VA School at a glance

Located in Minehead, Somerset, St Dubricius Church of England VA School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 93 pupils aged 2 to 9.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Dubricius Church of England VA School their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Dubricius Church of England VA School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.