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St Georges Church School

Primary · Weston-Super-Mare · BS22 7SA

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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 5 November 2024

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At a glance

235 pupils · 112% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England/Methodist
Free school meals
13.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
stgeorgeschurchschool.co.uk
URN
143136

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.397 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2016 to 2026. At its inspection on 5 November 2024 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% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 33 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 0.397 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.397 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers55%
North Somerset average63.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Elm Hall Primary SchoolWitham · 155 miles awayGood48%
Thornbury Primary SchoolPlymouth · 84 miles awayRequires improvement56%
Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary SchoolAbingdon · 72 miles awayExpected standard52%
Harwell Primary SchoolDidcot · 71 miles awayExpected standard62%
Hillmead Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 135 miles awayGood77%
St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolYork · 194 miles awayGood54%
Hempsted Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 43 miles awayGood73%
St James Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolEmsworth · 92 miles awayGood69%
Dursley Church of England Primary AcademyDursley · 32 miles awayGood47%
Saint Albert the Great Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyHemel Hempstead · 109 miles awayGood50%
John Wycliffe Primary SchoolLutterworth · 104 miles awayGood46%
Fox Hill Primary SchoolBracknell · 93 miles awayGood59%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 77% (North Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Black African 8% (North Somerset 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 4% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · 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)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.20 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Somerset: 2.86 suspensions and 0.01 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
22.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

67% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% moved to another state school · 11% 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)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.1 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 £48,286; 18.2% 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£6,812
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£107,000; in-year balance +£98,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.2%62.3%
Social housing8.8%17.1%
Privately rented16%20.5%
Detached houses37.7%22.9%
Flats7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032667 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,000337 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£225,000–£325,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (88)£386,000
Semi-detached (104)£274,500
Terraced (125)£239,000
Flat (20)£171,000

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 (0.64 km, 2026 entry): 180 sales, median £275,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

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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