Bridgwater College Academy
About the school
Bridgwater College Academy is an open all-through school in Somerset.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 March 2026
- Published
- 19 May 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 31.9
- Somerset
- 43.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Somerset
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 16.00%
- Somerset
- 40.30%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 36.40%
- Somerset
- 61.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 79.70%
- Somerset
- 31.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.85
- Somerset
- 3.78
- England
- 4.09
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 25%
- Somerset
- 57%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 4%
- Somerset
- 7%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 46%
- Somerset
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 38%
- Somerset
- 70%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 42%
- Somerset
- 70%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 48%
- Somerset
- 68%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 14%
- Somerset
- 24%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 53%
- Somerset
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 100
- Somerset
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Somerset
- 103
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Somerset
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1576
Girls
47.97%
Boys
52.03%
SEN support
24.05%
Education, health and care plan
4.06%
English as an additional language
20.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
36.52%
Overall absence
10.01
Persistent absence
27.23
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
163
Sustained education or employment
87%
Education
83%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
9%