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Walliscote Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Walliscote Road, Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1UY · walliscote.n-somerset.sch.uk · 01934 621954
On the mapSearch near BS23 1UY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 49%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 275
- 87% of 315 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 28%
- First language not English
- 58.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 24 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 | 24 | 20 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 49% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across North Somerset it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼49% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109120)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Walliscote Primary School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 11
- 4% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied