Minehead Middle School

Academy converter·Primary school Minehead, Somerset·TA24 5RH
Composite score
18.7
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#14,544
National rank
#1579
In South West
#161
In Somerset
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
27%
% achieving higher RWM
1%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Age range
9–13
Pupils on roll
566
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
28.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,677
Typical primary: £6,960

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School overview

Minehead Middle School is a primary school serving Minehead, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 566 pupils aged 9 to 13 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 27% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 17.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 9.6%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. Minehead Middle 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.

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