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Weare Academy First School

  • 2–9Ages
  • 149Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 136601URN

Notting Hill Way, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Somerset median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset

33 applications for 20 places · 72nd of 130 in Somerset
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 December 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
close to Somerset median (1.8) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

33 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.7; Somerset median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.3; Somerset median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Somerset median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.7; Somerset median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.9; Somerset median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.8; Somerset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.8; Somerset median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.2; Somerset median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.1; Somerset median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.9; Somerset median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.8; Somerset median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.6; Somerset median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.3; Somerset median median 1.8
  • This school
  • Somerset median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202620331.7201.00
Sep 202516362.3161.00
Sep 202424391.6241.00
Sep 202323391.7231.00
Sep 202229541.9391.34
Sep 202126471.8250.96
Sep 202024421.8230.96
Sep 201921472.2200.95
Sep 201828592.1281.00
Sep 201731591.9311.00
Sep 201636641.8371.03
Sep 201518462.6181.00
Sep 201428642.3281.00

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
136601 · 933/3240
Trust
Wessex Learning Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
150 pupils · 149 on roll
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Weare Church of England First School (URN 123813)
Address
Notting Hill Way, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JS
Local authority
Somerset

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources