Sedgemoor Manor School, Highbridge
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at rebuilding young people's confidence and trust in education through warm, caring relationships and individualised support. Staff work closely with families to understand each pupil's needs and remove barriers to learning, resulting in rapid improvements in attendance and behaviour. Most pupils develop a genuine love of learning and are well prepared for their next steps through excellent careers education and work experience opportunities.
Key Strengths
- Strong inclusive approach with individualised learning plans tailored to each pupil's precise needs
- Excellent relationships between staff and pupils creating a calm, orderly environment where behaviour is a real strength
- High-quality careers education and work experience opportunities that prepare pupils well for employment and training
- Leaders prioritise pupil wellbeing and provide additional support beyond what is required
- Rapid improvements in pupil attendance through close family engagement and bespoke transition support
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers need to be more rigorous in insisting on correct spelling and well-formed handwriting in English and mathematics
- Leaders' analysis and checks could be more precise in some areas to drive improvements
- Limited pupil understanding of other faiths and cultures despite these being part of the curriculum
- Some pupils have patchy recall of personal, social and health education learning
- Oversight of post-16 college partnerships and their impact on pupil outcomes needs strengthening
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Ten Tors event, weekly enrichment time, work experience with local employers, voluntary work at church and cattery, student council
Sedgemoor Manor School is a special school that helps pupils with significant learning needs rebuild their trust in education. The school creates a nurturing, inclusive environment where pupils develop a love of learning and make good progress from their starting points.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
95 pupils
100 capacity
5 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Highbridge
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Highbridge
Admissions Demand - Somerset
Places available
5,071
Applications
4,601
Got 1st preference
92.0%
Got preferred school
96.7%
Secondary admissions across Somerset (2025/26)
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