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Flax Bourton Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS48 1UA

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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 23 April 2025

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At a glance

193 pupils · 92% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.flaxbourton.n-somerset.sch.uk
URN
145445

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 3.148 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2016 to 2025. At its inspection on 23 April 2025 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 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 24 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3.148 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 3.148 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
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
Addingham Primary SchoolIlkley · 178 miles awayOutstanding58%
Rainow Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 131 miles awayOutstanding75%
St Jerome's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 148 miles awayGood56%
Parbold Douglas Church of England AcademyNr Wigan · 150 miles awayOutstanding71%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, SandhurstSandhurst · 82 miles awayExpected standard90%
Guilden Sutton CofE Primary SchoolChester · 123 miles awayOutstanding84%
Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, BishopthorpeYork · 185 miles awayGood73%
Twiss Green Community Primary SchoolWarrington · 141 miles awayGood68%
Cumwhinton SchoolCarlisle · 238 miles awayGood47%
Dunnington Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 190 miles awayStrong standard80%
St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary SchoolDronfield · 139 miles awayGood (2016)76%
Lostock Hall Primary SchoolStockport · 135 miles awayGood89%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (North Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (North Somerset 2%, England 1%) · 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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.52 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
22.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 26% 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)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.4 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 £47,157; 16.7% 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£6,155
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £90,000; in-year balance +£77,000

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher54.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.8%62.3%
Social housing4.2%17.1%
Privately rented10.9%20.5%
Detached houses63.5%22.9%
Flats2.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms61.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014740 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£720,00023 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£601,000–£824,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£776,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.88 km, 2024 entry): 740 sales, median £500,000. 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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