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Windwhistle Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 331Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144925URN

Kingsley Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3TZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below North Somerset median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Somerset

32 applications for 22 places · 40th of 49 in North Somerset
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
42%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 21 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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

  1. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
  2. 2 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.4 below North Somerset median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

32 applications · 22 places offered · 20 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; North Somerset median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.3; North Somerset median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; North Somerset median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.3; North Somerset median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.3; North Somerset median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.5; North Somerset median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.4; North Somerset median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.3; North Somerset median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.7; North Somerset median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.7; North Somerset median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; North Somerset median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; North Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; North Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Somerset median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • North Somerset median

Dashed bars: as Windwhistle Primary School (URN 109099), the previous school.

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 202622321.5200.91
Sep 202535471.3300.86
Sep 202435441.3310.89
Sep 202331411.3240.77
Sep 202231411.3270.87
Sep 202135511.5351.00
Sep 202043611.4360.84
Sep 201959761.3470.80
Sep 201831541.7311.00
Sep 2017 *40671.7280.70
Sep 2016 *40621.6350.88
Sep 2015 *52731.4420.81
Sep 2014 *45601.3360.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 58% · Maths 45% → all three 42% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard42%52nd of 56 in North Somerset
Reading
Expected standard61%
Higher standard12%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard58%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard45%
Higher standard12%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • North Somerset median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2542%0%103101
2023/2413%0%9895
2022/2346%0%104102

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

  • 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
144925 · 802/2280
Trust
Extend Learning Academies Network
Capacity
420 pupils · 331 on roll
Free school meals
43.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2017
Replaced
Windwhistle Primary School (URN 109099)
Address
Kingsley Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3TZ
Local authority
North Somerset

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