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Uphill Village Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Old Church Road, Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare BS23 4XH · uphillvillageacademy.clf.uk · 01934 626769
On the mapSearch near BS23 4XH
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.84 mi
- 1.36 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 3 · North Somerset Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 309
- 98% of 315 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.8%
- First language not English
- 7.4%
- 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 0.84 mi (1.36 km) from the school. Source: North Somerset Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 43 places were offered; 74% 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 | 43 | 58 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 55 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 49 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 3 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.84 mi1.36 km | |
Offer-day round; later rounds (places freed by refusals) are not read.
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109095)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Uphill Village Academy on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jul 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109095), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109095)
Apr 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109095)
Sept 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109095)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 60
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied