Graded inspection · Oct 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 |
Inspection history
- 8 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 4 July 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry26 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 3.8; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 2.3; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2023 2.7; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 2.7; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2020 2.8; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 3.6; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Shipham Church of England First School (URN 123812), 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 | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Shipham Church of England First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place
- 2.1 km · North SomersetStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · North SomersetGood20242.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · North Somerset20261.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · SomersetGood20222.1applications per place
- 3.9 km · North Somerset20252.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place
- 5.0 km · North Somerset20261.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · SomersetGood20221.7applications 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
- 147823 · 933/3238
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 97 pupils · 82 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2020
- Replaced
- Shipham Church of England First School (URN 123812)
- Address
- Turnpike Road, Shipham, Winscombe, BS25 1TX
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources