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Dunster First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Community school
13 St George's Street, Dunster, Minehead TA24 6RX · dunsterfirstschool.co.uk · 01643 821254
On the mapSearch near TA24 6RX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 86
- 57% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14%
- First language not English
- 7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 17 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Dunster First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 53
- 44% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (19%) with SEND