Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

SomersetLocal Authority

Tiverton and MineheadConstituency

TA4 4SWPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 9–13, 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 324 pupils. Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School is part of BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 25 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 17%
Higher standard: 1%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

324

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 9 – 13
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 324
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
13 Sept 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
18 Jun 2019	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.