Minehead Middle School

State-Funded School

minehead-middle-school-somerset-south-west

South WestRegion

SomersetLocal Authority

Tiverton and MineheadConstituency

TA24 5RHPostcode

2.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Minehead Middle School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 9–13, located in Somerset, South West.

It currently serves 570 pupils. Minehead Middle School is part of BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 44%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

570

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

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: Less deprived
Total pupils: 570
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
27 Mar 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
25 Apr 2023	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate
26 Mar 2014	Outstanding	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.