Minehead Middle School
About the school
Minehead Middle School 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
- 25 February 2025
- Published
- 27 March 2025
- Inspection type
- Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Secondary academic results
No data is available for 2024/25.
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 27%
- Somerset
- 57%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 1%
- Somerset
- 7%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 62%
- Somerset
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 39%
- Somerset
- 70%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 52%
- Somerset
- 70%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 54%
- Somerset
- 68%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 13%
- Somerset
- 24%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 69%
- Somerset
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Somerset
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 100
- 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
566
Girls
46.64%
Boys
53.36%
SEN support
16.61%
Education, health and care plan
1.59%
English as an additional language
7.10%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
28.80%
Overall absence
8.22
Persistent absence
21.92