Bridgwater College Academy

State-Funded School

bridgwater-college-academy-somerset-south-west

South WestRegion

SomersetLocal Authority

BridgwaterConstituency

TA6 4QYPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Bridgwater College Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 3–16, located in Somerset, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,561 pupils. Bridgwater College Academy is part of BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 19 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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 Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 31.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 16%
EBacc average point score: 2.85

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,561

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

36%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 3 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,561
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
28 Jun 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
8 Sept 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.