Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry66 applications · 45 places offered · 44 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 1.4; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2023 1.2; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2022 1.2; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 1.4; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2020 1.3; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.2; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Cheddar First School (URN 123717), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 45 | 66 | 1.5 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 49 | 67 | 1.4 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 35 | 49 | 1.4 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 47 | 57 | 1.2 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 44 | 1.2 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 56 | 78 | 1.4 | 56 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 39 | 51 | 1.3 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 47 | 55 | 1.2 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 44 | 67 | 1.5 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 36 | 52 | 1.4 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 51 | 59 | 1.2 | 51 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 63 | 81 | 1.3 | 63 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 51 | 72 | 1.4 | 51 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cheddar First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place
- 2.7 km · SomersetGood20222.1applications per place
- 2.9 km · SomersetRemains Good20232.8applications per place
- 4.3 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place
- 4.9 km · SomersetGood20221.7applications per place
- 5.6 km · North SomersetStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 6.4 km · North Somerset20252.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 6.4 km · SomersetGood20231.7applications per place
- 6.6 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place
- 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
- 147822 · 933/2255
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 358 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2020
- Replaced
- Cheddar First School (URN 123717)
- Address
- Hillfield, The Hayes, Cheddar, BS27 3HN
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources