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Enmore Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bridgwater · TA5 2DX

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 November 2022

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At a glance

144 pupils · 96% of 150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.enmoreprimaryschool.org
URN
137437

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3.549 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 29 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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 3.549 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.549 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
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
Newton St Cyres Primary SchoolExeter · 32 miles awayGood53%
Morland Area CofE Primary SchoolPenrith · 242 miles awayGood100%
Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 211 miles awayGood64%
North Curry CofE Primary SchoolTaunton · 8 miles awayGood79%
Warter Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 220 miles awayGood63%
Sarratt Church of England Primary SchoolRickmansworth · 119 miles awayGood76%
Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 149 miles awayGood (2019)70%
Lea Primary SchoolMatlock · 154 miles awayOutstanding74%
Newlands Primary SchoolYateley · 99 miles awayNeeds attention61%
Gretton Primary AcademyCorby · 143 miles awayGood (2016)83%
Hayton CofE Primary SchoolBrampton · 263 miles awayOutstanding88%
Kimpton, Thruxton and Fyfield Church of England Primary SchoolAndover · 65 miles awayGood48%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Somerset 0%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Somerset 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Somerset 3%, England 5%)

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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
22.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.9 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 £57,545; 25% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,390
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £136,000; in-year balance +£10,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.1%62.3%
Social housing5.9%17.1%
Privately rented14%20.5%
Detached houses57.7%22.9%
Flats0.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029125 · how to read area figures

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
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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