Bridgwater College Academy

Latest Ofsted evidence

Most recent inspection

10 May 2023

S5 Inspection

Latest graded judgement

Requires improvement

Latest ungraded outcome

School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Safeguarding

Yes

Ofsted release 2026-03-31. Graded and ungraded outcomes are shown separately. They are published inspection records, not an admissions or suitability recommendation.

Primary attainment - KS2

Academic year 2024/25. Percentages are the published share meeting the stated standard.

Reading, writing and maths

25%

Somerset school average 59.81%
England school average 63.12%

Higher standard

4%

Somerset school average 7.35%
England school average 8.33%

Reading expected standard

46%

Somerset school average 74.46%
England school average 76.92%

Maths expected standard

42%

Somerset school average 71.37%
England school average 75.17%

DfE release 2024-25-revised. Local-authority and England figures are CheckNear arithmetic means across open schools with a published measure in this release, not pupil-weighted official national benchmarks. Suppressed measures remain unavailable.

Secondary performance - KS4

Academic year 2024/25. Measures are only comparable within the same performance framework.

Attainment 8

31.9

Somerset school average 44.26
England school average 46.94

Grade 5+ English and maths

16%

Somerset school average 41.23%
England school average 46.1%

EBacc average point score

2.85

Somerset school average 3.87
England school average 4.16

Progress 8

Not published

Somerset school average Not published
England school average Not published

DfE release 2024-25-final. Local-authority and England figures are CheckNear arithmetic means across open schools with a published measure in this release, not pupil-weighted official national benchmarks. Suppressed measures remain unavailable.