Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Bridgwater · TA5 2HP · Somerset
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 139655
Brymore Academy
Academy sponsor led · Bridgwater · TA5 2NB
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–17
Pupils
327
Local authority
Somerset
Age range
Ages 11–17
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingBoarding school
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Boys academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–17, in Bridgwater, Somerset, 327 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14.7%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–17
- Gender
- Boys
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 139655
Location
- Address
- Cannington
- Postcode
- TA5 2NB
- Town
- Bridgwater
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 327
- Boys / girls
- 327 / 0
- School capacity
- 350
- Capacity fill
- 327 / 350 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- FSM pupils
- 48
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Boys
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Governance
- Academy trust: BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST
- Academy trust
- BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST
- Sponsor
- Bridgwater College Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Stefan McHale
- Telephone
- 01278652369
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Inspection date
2024-04-28
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 39.7
- Progress 8
- 0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 30%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 56%
- EBacc entry
- 2%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
11.0%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Unauthorised
2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 8.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 6.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 211
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 9.6% · Persistent 27.6%
- 2021/22
- Overall 9.7% · Persistent 29.2%