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Westonzoyland Community Primary School

Primary · Bridgwater · TA7 0EY

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 July 2025

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At a glance

169 pupils · 94% of 180 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.westonzoylandprimary.co.uk
URN
123697

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 3.027 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its inspection on 15 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3.027 miles for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry) lived within 3.027 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
Somerset average60.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Easington CofE Primary SchoolPeterlee · 262 miles awayExpected standard65%
William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 250 miles awayNeeds attention56%
Clee Hill Community AcademyLudlow · 88 miles awayGood65%
Harworth Church of England AcademyDoncaster · 178 miles awayGood75%
Leigh Academy Peninsula EastRochester · 156 miles awayGood61%
St Just Primary SchoolPenzance · 139 miles awayGood72%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton CleveleysThornton-Cleveleys · 191 miles awayExpected standard60%
Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary SchoolCanterbury · 182 miles awayGood54%
St Winefride's Catholic Primary SchoolNeston · 150 miles awayGood67%
Perranporth Community Primary SchoolPerranporth · 111 miles awayGood77%
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolTenterden · 157 miles awayGood52%
Walton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolStreet · 7 miles awayGood81%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (Somerset 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Somerset 6%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.20 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Somerset: 3.60 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,312; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,103
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £374,018; in-year balance +£88,762

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.3%62.3%
Social housing4.8%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses59.2%22.9%
Flats2.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029137 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£260,00053 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£320,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£303,500
Semi-detached (16)£260,000
Terraced (15)£215,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.87 km, 2024 entry): 555 sales, median £233,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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