Bridgwater College Academy
All-through schoolBridgwater College Academy is a all-through school in Somerset, for pupils aged 3 to 16. It had 1,561 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met, special measures
- Inspection
- Report card, 10 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- 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
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 25% of pupils at Bridgwater College Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Somerset and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Bridgwater College Academy was 33.8, against 43.4 in Somerset and 46.2 in England.
19.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 33.8 | 43.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19.2% | 39.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39.4% | 60.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 198 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- University Centre Somerset College GroupSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file420 m
- St John and St Francis Church SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Eastover Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Willowdown Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Northgate Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Somerset
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).