Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
- 22 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry51 applications · 47 places offered · 45 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.1; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 1.2; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2023 1.3; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 1.1; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2019 1.3; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2018 1.2; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Somerset median median 1.9
- 2016 1.4; Somerset median median 1.9
- 2015 1.3; Somerset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.2; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 47 | 51 | 1.1 | 45 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 49 | 57 | 1.2 | 47 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 42 | 50 | 1.2 | 38 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 45 | 57 | 1.3 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 40 | 52 | 1.3 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 50 | 56 | 1.1 | 44 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 54 | 62 | 1.2 | 51 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 71 | 1.3 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 59 | 72 | 1.2 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 81 | 1.4 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 81 | 1.4 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 63 | 81 | 1.3 | 59 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 69 | 84 | 1.2 | 60 | 0.87 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 47% · Writing 55% · Maths 37% → all three 29% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Somerset median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 29% | 5% | 100 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 101 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 20% | 3% | 98 | 97 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Churchfield Church SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · SomersetGood20231.9applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · SomersetGood2022
- 2.0 km · SomersetRequires improvement20231.5applications per place
- 3.2 km · SomersetRemains Good20232.9applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place
- 4.7 km · SomersetSerious weaknesses 20261.8applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139278 · 933/2000
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 411 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Churchfield CofE VC Primary School (URN 136073)
- Address
- Burnham Road, Highbridge, TA9 3JF
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources