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Milton Park Primary School

Primary · Weston-Super-Mare · BS22 8DY

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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: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

327 pupils · 78% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.miltonparkprimary.co.uk
URN
144917

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 32 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 24 March 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

0.91 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 29 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
North Somerset average63.4%
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
Castle Primary SchoolTiverton · 39 miles awayGood44%
The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSpalding · 161 miles awayGood68%
St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary SchoolStretford · 147 miles awayGood87%
Wessex Primary SchoolMaidenhead · 95 miles awayNeeds attention44%
St Margaret's AcademyTorquay · 65 miles awayGood54%
Holwell Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City · 122 miles awayGood77%
Burton End Primary AcademyHaverhill · 153 miles awayGood57%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolWalsall · 98 miles awayGood64%
Great Linford Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 106 miles awayGood (2019)67%
Bearwood Primary and Nursery SchoolBournemouth · 60 miles awayGood46%
Cherry Orchard Primary SchoolBirmingham · 92 miles awayGood73%
Tavistock Primary & Nursery SchoolTavistock · 77 miles awayGood54%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
11 of 11 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 73% (North Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 12% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (North Somerset 2%, England 5%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 3% (North Somerset 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (North Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

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)
15.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.51 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
21.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 12% 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)

72.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.8 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 £49,685; 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£6,270
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 87% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£73,000

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.8%62.3%
Social housing21.3%17.1%
Privately rented16.9%20.5%
Detached houses30.5%22.9%
Flats23.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014815 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£300,000568 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£245,000–£356,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (164)£355,500
Semi-detached (278)£295,000
Terraced (72)£248,000
Flat (54)£169,500

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an 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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