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Cheddar First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
Hillfield, The Hayes, Cheddar BS27 3HN · cheddarfirstschool.co.uk · 01934 742546
On the mapSearch near BS27 3HN
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 358
- 58 over 300 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cheddar First School on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 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 | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123717), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123717)
Feb 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123717)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 66
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (23%) with SEND