Dunster First School
Community primary school in Minehead (Somerset).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first13 schools within 10 miles. The nearest is West Somerset College, 1.1 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Somerset CollegeAcademy converter | 1.1 mi | Secondary | 745 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 5 |
| Minehead Middle SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Middle deemed secondary | 570 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2 |
| Minehead First SchoolAcademy converter | 1.9 mi | Primary | 286 | Good, 2024 |
| Aurora FoxesSpecial post 16 institution | 2.0 mi | Special | - | - |
| St Michael's Church of England First SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 2.1 mi | Primary | 148 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Jun 2019) |
| Timberscombe Church of England First SchoolVoluntary aided | 2.4 mi | Primary | 28 | Good, 2023 |
| Old Cleeve Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter | 3.9 mi | Primary | 127 | Good, 2023 |
| Cutcombe Church of England First SchoolVoluntary aided | 5.0 mi | Primary | 30 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Feb 2025, no grade given |
| Knights Templar Community Church School & NurseryVoluntary aided | 5.5 mi | Primary | 173 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| St Peter's Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter | 5.7 mi | Primary | 123 | Good, 2024 |
| St Dubricius Church of England VA SchoolVoluntary aided | 6.6 mi | Primary | 90 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2023Last graded Good (May 2013) |
| Stogumber CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 7.9 mi | Primary | 41 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Mar 2019) |
| Exford Church of England First SchoolVoluntary controlled | 9.0 mi | Primary | 13 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Jul 2013) |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 40% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 4 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 75
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