School profile
West Somerset College
Bircham Road, Alcombe, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 6AY
Overview
West Somerset College is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Minehead, South West, for pupils aged 13–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Secondary
- Age range
- Ages 13–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 1,509
- Pupils on roll
- 745
- URN
- 136791
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Academy trust or group
- BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 1,509
- Pupils on roll
- 749
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 760
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 41.2
- England
- 47.1
Pupils included: 215
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 32.6%
- England
- 46.5%
Pupils included: 215
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 54.9%
- England
- 66.4%
Pupils included: 215
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 25.1%
- England
- 41.5%
Pupils included: 215
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 20 January 2026 · Published 23 March 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 4 March 2020 · Published 28 June 2020
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 16 May 2023 · Published 29 June 2023
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Bircham Road, Alcombe, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 6AY
- Local authority
- Somerset
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