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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
- 26 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 1 October 2019Graded inspection: Good · as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater, URN 123846
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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 entry77 applications · 30 places offered · 28 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 2.4; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 2.3; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2023 2.8; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2022 2.6; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 2.7; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 2.5; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.6; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 3.7; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater (URN 123846), 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 | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 21 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 70 | 2.8 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 21 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2021 * | 29 | 78 | 2.7 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 27 | 63 | 2.3 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 22 | 58 | 2.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 22 | 73 | 3.3 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 98 | 3.4 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 112 | 3.7 | 54 | 1.80 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 65% · Writing 69% · Maths 65% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Somerset median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 54% | 12% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 4% | 108 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 59% | 10% | 106 | 105 |
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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BridgwaterThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · Somerset20261.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SomersetStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Somerset20262.0applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Somerset20262.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · SomersetGood202249%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · SomersetRemains Good20231.3applications per place
- 1.8 km · SomersetRemains Good20231.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · SomersetGood20241.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 148950 · 933/3401
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2022
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater (URN 123846)
- Address
- Park Avenue, Bridgwater, TA6 7EE
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources