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Mead Vale Community Primary School

Primary · Weston-Super-Mare · BS22 8RQ

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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 10 December 2024

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At a glance

203 pupils · 81% of 250 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
24.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.meadvaleprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
145492

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.18 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.177 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its inspection on 10 December 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 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.18 first-choice applications per place

28 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 1.177 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.177 miles

measured in a straight line.

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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
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
North Somerset average63.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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 Augustine's RC Primary SchoolLondon · 118 miles awayGood71%
Moorside Primary School & NurseryRipon · 200 miles awayGood61%
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolCrawley · 121 miles awayGood48%
St Mary's CofE Primary School, East BarnetBarnet · 121 miles awayGood77%
St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademySheffield · 150 miles awayGood67%
The Grosvenor Park Church of England AcademyChester · 127 miles awayGood63%
Margaret Roper Catholic Primary SchoolPurley · 121 miles awayGood70%
Fox Hill Primary SchoolBracknell · 94 miles awayGood59%
Homerswood Primary and Nursery SchoolWelwyn Garden City · 121 miles awayGood62%
St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 116 miles awayGood (2016)63%
Ridgefield Primary SchoolCambridge · 144 miles awayGood80%
Outwood Primary SchoolCheadle · 142 miles awayGood66%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 71% (North Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 5% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (North Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (North Somerset 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 5%) · 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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.42 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
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 28.3 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 £52,236; 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£7,310
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 89% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£33,000

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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 higher21.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health36.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.2%62.3%
Social housing7.2%17.1%
Privately rented16.6%20.5%
Detached houses28.8%22.9%
Flats1.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014840 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£262,500727 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£299,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (147)£316,000
Semi-detached (304)£268,000
Terraced (212)£242,500
Flat (64)£160,000

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 (1.89 km, 2026 entry): 1,494 sales, median £268,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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