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Locking Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Meadow Drive, Locking, Weston-Super-Mare BS24 8BB · lockingprimaryschool.co.uk · 01934 822867
On the mapSearch near BS24 8BB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.09 mi
- 1.76 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · North Somerset Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 386
- 90% of 430 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.8%
- First language not English
- 4.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 6” went to a home 1.09 mi (1.76 km) from the school. Source: North Somerset Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 65 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 39 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.09 mi1.76 km | |
Offer-day round; later rounds (places freed by refusals) are not read.
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109103)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Locking Primary School on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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
Mar 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
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 86
- 30% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (20%) with SEND