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Severn Beach Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS35 4PP

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

201 pupils · 134% of 150 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.severnbeachprimary.co.uk
URN
141174

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 24 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

24 places offered · 23 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

24 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)
103
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 peers60.5%
South Gloucestershire average62.5%
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
St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 11 miles awayGood55%
Steeple Claydon School and Pre-SchoolBuckingham · 76 miles awayGood62%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, CorshamCorsham · 22 miles awayGood63%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School LeighLeigh · 134 miles awayExpected standard45%
Scotch Orchard Primary SchoolLichfield · 86 miles awayNeeds attention61%
Pinvin CofE AcademyPershore · 47 miles awayGood37%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 35 miles awayGood62%
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, EyeEye · 171 miles awayGood60%
All Saints Babbacombe CofE Primary SchoolTorquay · 84 miles awayGood53%
Ancaster CofE Primary SchoolGrantham · 133 miles awayGood62%
Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant SchoolHuddersfield · 147 miles awayExpected standard72%
Hartlebury CofE Primary SchoolKidderminster · 57 miles awayNo current grade57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 77% (South Gloucestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (South Gloucestershire 5%, England 7%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 4% (South Gloucestershire 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (South Gloucestershire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

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)
7.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.32 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · South Gloucestershire: 3.09 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
29.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

87.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 12 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 £50,644; 12.5% 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£6,424
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.5%62.3%
Social housing7.1%17.1%
Privately rented16.1%20.5%
Detached houses21.3%22.9%
Flats12.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014954 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£275,00074 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£211,000–£341,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (23)£360,000
Semi-detached (28)£277,500
Terraced (14)£237,500
Flat (9)£170,000

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

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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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