Minerva Primary School

State-Funded School

minerva-primary-school-somerset-south-west-150636

South WestRegion

SomersetLocal Authority

Taunton and WellingtonConstituency

TA1 2BUPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Minerva Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Somerset, South West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 140 pupils. Minerva Primary School is part of Cabot Learning Federation.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

140

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 140
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Cabot Learning Federation

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Jan 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	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.