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Mead Vale Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Kestrel Drive, Worle, Weston-Super-Mare BS22 8RQ · meadvaleprimaryschool.co.uk · 01934 511133
On the mapSearch near BS22 8RQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.18 mi
- 1.89 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 3 · North Somerset Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 203
- 81% of 250 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
- First language not English
- 24.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 3” went to a home 1.18 mi (1.89 km) from the school. Source: North Somerset Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 85% 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 | 28 | 33 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 3 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.18 mi1.89 km | |
Offer-day round; later rounds (places freed by refusals) are not read.
Results
In 2024/25, 63% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109112)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Mead Vale Community Primary School on 10 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109112), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109112)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 50
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (22%) with SEND