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Weare Academy First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
Notting Hill Way, Weare, Axbridge BS26 2JS · weareacademy.co.uk · 01934 732270
On the mapSearch near BS26 2JS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 149
- 99% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.9%
- First language not English
- 0.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 20 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
Ofsted
Weare Academy First School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2007
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 42
- 23% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied