Bridgwater College Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1561

Places

1880

How full

83% full — 1561 of 1880 places taken

Girls / boys

733 / 828

Overall absence

10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

27%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

37%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

20%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

24%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

87%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

83%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

1%

No sustained destination

9%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

163

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Sedgemoor 008C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

9%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

36%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

31%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

59%

England 17%

Households with no car

37%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

44%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 3–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

Yes

Boarding

Day school

Trust

BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST

Headteacher

Head Teacher: Laura Campbell/ Sarah Evans

Local authority

Somerset

Ward

Bridgwater North & Central

Constituency

Bridgwater

URN

138375

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.