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Oakhill Church School

Primary · Radstock · BA3 5AQ

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 1 April 2026

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At a glance

109 pupils · 73% of 150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
17.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.oakhillchurchschool.co.uk
URN
141800

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 10 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
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
Ash Church of England Primary SchoolMartock · 19 miles awayGood81%
St Peter's CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolDoncaster · 166 miles awayGood65%
The Edenham Church of England SchoolBourne · 140 miles awayNo current grade53%
Bradfield Primary SchoolManningtree · 164 miles awayGood70%
Haughton St Giles CofE Primary AcademyStafford · 109 miles awayGood93%
Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGlossop · 155 miles awayGood36%
Winthorpe Primary SchoolNewark · 149 miles awayGood67%
Castle Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 131 miles awayGood50%
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary SchoolRoyston · 124 miles awayGood43%
Vigo Village SchoolGravesend · 125 miles awayGood72%
Wenhaston Primary SchoolHalesworth · 190 miles awayGood64%
Twyford C of E SchoolBuckingham · 81 miles awayGood47%

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%) · Black African 2% (Somerset 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Somerset 1%, England 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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.6%
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
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% 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)

11.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 128 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 £50,400; 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£7,172
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £56,000; in-year balance -£5,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79%62.3%
Social housing5.3%17.1%
Privately rented15.5%20.5%
Detached houses48.4%22.9%
Flats4.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029018 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£382,50026 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£267,000–£520,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£530,000
Semi-detached (8)£400,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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
0a 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
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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