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Winford Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS40 8AD

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Requires improvement

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 January 2025

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At a glance

167 pupils · 80% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
7.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.winford.n-somerset.sch.uk/
URN
146596

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 2.117 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2021. At its inspection on 14 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 28 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 2.117 miles for 2021 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry) lived within 2.117 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
45%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
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 school45%
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 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
Kingsacre Primary SchoolBraunton · 68 miles awayStrong standard88%
Ide Primary SchoolExeter · 61 miles awayGood60%
Riccall Community Primary SchoolYork · 182 miles awayGood63%
Tatsfield Primary SchoolTatsfield · 116 miles awayExpected standard70%
Winwick CofE Primary SchoolWarrington · 142 miles awayGood62%
Bishop Sutton Primary SchoolBristol · 4 miles awayGood79%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, ChorleyChorley · 157 miles awayExpected standard59%
Goostrey Community Primary SchoolNear Crewe · 128 miles awayExpected standard86%
Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton AstleyBroughton Astley · 100 miles awayGood64%
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary SchoolPreston · 166 miles awayGood79%
Hutton Cranswick Community Primary SchoolDriffield · 201 miles awayGood58%
Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · 165 miles awayNo current grade65%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (North Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · Black African 1% (North Somerset 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North 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)
6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.41 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
17.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

62% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 38% 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, 4.6 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 £48,192; 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£6,124
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (77%) · premises 3% (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 £87,000; in-year balance +£78,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.9%62.3%
Social housing7.1%17.1%
Privately rented10%20.5%
Detached houses62.9%22.9%
Flats7.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.5%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 E01014848 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,00037 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£355,000–£630,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£560,000
Semi-detached (8)£380,000
Terraced (7)£372,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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