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Wedmore First School Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
Blackford Road, Wedmore BS28 4BS · wedmorefirstschool.org.uk · 01934 712643
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 193
- 92% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.9%
- First language not English
- 0.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wedmore First School Academy on 10 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 36
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (33%) with SEND