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Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 180Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 146942URN

Brent Knoll Primary School, Brent Street, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, TA9 4EQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
1.2 above Somerset median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset

47 applications for 16 places · 5th of 130 in Somerset
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
82%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023

Inspection history

  1. 13 September 2023
    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
2.9applications per place, Reception
1.2 above Somerset median (1.8) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

47 applications · 16 places offered · 15 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.9; Somerset median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.7; Somerset median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.2; Somerset median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.9; Somerset median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.2; Somerset median median 1.8
  6. 2021 4.3; Somerset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.8; Somerset median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.6; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.6; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.1; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.2; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.5; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Somerset median in 6 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Somerset median

Dashed bars: as Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School (URN 123808), 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 202616472.9150.94
Sep 202524411.7241.00
Sep 202419422.2191.00
Sep 202325471.9251.00
Sep 202220442.2190.95
Sep 202119814.3382.00
Sep 202024682.8220.92
Sep 2019 *19502.6180.95
Sep 2018 *16422.6120.75
Sep 2017 *18563.1191.06
Sep 2016 *19462.4221.16
Sep 2015 *25542.2251.00
Sep 2014 *13453.5120.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 95% · Writing 82% · Maths 91% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard82%9th of 148 in Somerset
Reading
Expected standard95%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard82%
Greater depth9%
Maths
Expected standard91%
Higher standard5%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Somerset median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2582%0%107106
2023/2480%0%106104
2022/2380%0%106105

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

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146942 · 933/3227
Trust
Wessex Learning Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
160 pupils · 180 on roll
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2019
Replaced
Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School (URN 123808)
Address
Brent Knoll Primary School, Brent Street, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, TA9 4EQ
Local authority
Somerset

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