Ansford Academy
Academy converter · 469 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
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Bridgwater College Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,561of 1,880 places
- Free school meals
- 36.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 187
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Urgent improvementAchievement Urgent improvementAttendance and behaviour Urgent improvementPersonal development and wellbeing Needs attentionInclusion Urgent improvementLeadership and governance Urgent improvementPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Sedgemoor Manor Infants' School (URN 123731, until 1 September 2012); Sedgemoor Manor Community Junior School (URN 123732, until 1 September 2012); East Bridgwater Community School (URN 123880, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Bridgwater College Academy has no sixth form. Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 81% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 31.9 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 16% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 3% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Somerset and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bridgwater College Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 163 | 5,178 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 17% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 81% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bridgwater College Academy | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 31.9 | 43.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 80% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.85 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.2 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 36.1 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 178 | 95% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 48% |
| English Language | 178 | 95% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 49% |
| Mathematics | 177 | 95% | 88% | 2% | 22% | 44% |
| Combined Science | 154 | 82% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 26% |
| Spanish | 154 | 82% | 19% | 3% | 27% | 26% |
| Geography | 122 | 65% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 33% |
| Photography | 73 | 39% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 89% |
| History | 67 | 36% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 42% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 20% | 9% | 11% | 28% | 66% |
| Computer Science | 38 | 20% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 16% |
| Physics | 26 | 14% | 23% | 4% | 46% | 27% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 13% | 23% | 4% | 47% | 32% |
| Biology | 25 | 13% | 23% | 4% | 45% | 32% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 9% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 59% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 36 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.