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Othery Village School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Othery, Bridgwater TA7 0PX · middlezoyandotheryschools.co.uk · 01823 698464
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Somerset 56%, England 61%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 62
- 89% of 70 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.4%
- First language not English
- 1.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Ppat Education
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 8 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 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2023/24, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Somerset it was 56%, and across England 61%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 | |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141801)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Othery Village School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141801), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141801)
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141801)
Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141801)
Nov 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 141801)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 15
- 35% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied