Minehead Middle School
Ponsford Road, Minehead, TA24 5RH
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD
- Headteacher
- Ms Laura Mackie
- Sponsor
- West Somerset Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 648
- Pupils on roll
- 570
- URN
- 136774
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01643704191
About this school
Minehead Middle School is a middle academy in Minehead. It teaches children aged 9 to 13 and has 570 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 152 | 140 | 155 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 44% | 27% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 69% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 59% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 60% | 54% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Minehead Middle School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 27% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 582 |
| 2023/24 | 593 |
| 2024/25 | 566 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Minehead Middle School compares
Minehead Middle School ranked 152nd of 155 primary schools in Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 27% | 8.2% | 28.8% | 570 | — |
| Minehead First School | — | 6.3% | 20.6% | 286 | 0.3 miles |
| Aurora Foxes | — | — | — | — | 0.4 miles |
| West Somerset College | — | 13.8% | 25.2% | 745 | 0.5 miles |
| St Michael's Church of England First School | — | 5% | 13.7% | 148 | 0.6 miles |
| Dunster First School | — | 7.8% | 18.5% | 86 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.8%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.22%
- Persistent absence
- 21.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Minehead First School0.3 miles
Primary · Minehead
-
Aurora Foxes0.4 miles
Other types · Minehead
-
West Somerset College0.5 miles
Secondary · Minehead
-
St Michael's Church of England First School0.6 miles
Primary · Minehead
-
Dunster First School1.6 miles
Primary · Minehead
Other schools in Minehead
- Cutcombe Church of England First School Primary
- Dunster First School Primary
- Exford Church of England First School Primary
- Minehead First School Primary
- St Dubricius Church of England VA School Primary
- St Michael's Church of England First School Primary
- Timberscombe Church of England First School Primary
- West Somerset College Secondary
- Aurora Foxes Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Minehead Middle School teach?
- Minehead Middle School teaches children aged 9 to 13. It is a middle school in Minehead.
- Who is the headteacher of Minehead Middle School?
- The headteacher of Minehead Middle School is Ms Laura Mackie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Minehead Middle School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Minehead Middle School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Minehead Middle School?
- Minehead Middle School has 570 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 13.
- Is Minehead Middle School full?
- Minehead Middle School has capacity for 648 pupils and 570 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Minehead Middle School a faith school?
- No. Minehead Middle School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Minehead Middle School?
- Minehead Middle School is part of BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Minehead Middle School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 27% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Minehead Middle School rank locally?
- Minehead Middle School ranked 152nd of 155 primary schools in Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Minehead Middle School's absence rate?
- Minehead Middle School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Minehead Middle School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Minehead Middle School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.