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Burnham-On-Sea Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Winchester Road, Burnham-on-Sea TA8 1JD · burnhaminfants.com · 01278 782342
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 154
- 64% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.1%
- First language not English
- 7.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Pathway Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 51 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 | 51 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Burnham-On-Sea Infant School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 10 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 10 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123682)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2009
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123682), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123682)
May 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123682)