Burnham-On-Sea Infant School
Primary · Burnham-on-Sea · TA8 1JD
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 10 January 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
154 pupils · 64% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 150952
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 51 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 10 January 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.88 first-choice applications per place51 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Somerset school admissions
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
Provision type: SEN unit.
- SEN unit
- 7 of 9 places taken nearly full
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 89% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 3% (Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 3% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Somerset 0%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Somerset 0%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Somerset 2%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,423; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 20.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 19.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 25.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 76.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 0.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 22.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 19.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 14.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 14.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029120 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £270,000416 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £213,000–£320,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper 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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 5an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an 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