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Spaxton CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 51Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 147324URN

High Street, Spaxton, Bridgwater, TA5 1BS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.4 above Somerset median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset

15 applications for 7 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
36%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 23 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Somerset median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

15 applications · 7 places offered · 6 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Somerset median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.8; Somerset median median 1.7
  3. 2024 7.5; Somerset median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.0; Somerset median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.0; Somerset median median 1.8
  6. 2021 9.5; Somerset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 3.4; Somerset median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.4; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.0; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.5; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.9; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.1; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Somerset median in 7 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Somerset median

Dashed bars: as Spaxton CofE Primary School (URN 123790), 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 20267152.160.86
Sep 20258141.860.75
Sep 20242157.521.00
Sep 20236122.050.83
Sep 20228162.081.00
Sep 20212199.521.00
Sep 20208273.481.00
Sep 2019 *9222.491.00
Sep 2018 *12363.0131.08
Sep 2017 *12302.5141.17
Sep 2016 *11322.9121.09
Sep 2015 *9232.680.89
Sep 2014 *8253.181.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 55% · Writing 45% · Maths 64% → all three 36% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard36%139th of 148 in Somerset
Reading
Expected standard55%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard45%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard64%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Somerset median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2536%0%101100
2023/2455%9%10398
2022/2344%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
147324 · 933/3159
Trust
Quantock Education Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
90 pupils · 51 on roll
Free school meals
13.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2019
Replaced
Spaxton CofE Primary School (URN 123790)
Address
High Street, Spaxton, Bridgwater, TA5 1BS
Local authority
Somerset

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