Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Street · BA16 9LA · Somerset
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM18.6%
- Demand0.93
1.9 miles away
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Ashcott Primary School
Community school · Bridgwater · TA7 9PP
Ages 4–11 · 117 pupils · Somerset
Ofsted
Standards maintained
KS2 expected (RWM)
76%
Overall absence
5.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-01-13
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)76%
Higher standard (RWM)6%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.0%
Unauthorised1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 100
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
15
Places offered
15
1st-preference offers
15
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 24
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 15
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill91%
117 pupils · 128 places
- Pupils on roll
- 117
- Boys / girls
- 54 / 63
- School capacity
- 128
- Capacity fill
- 117 / 128 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- FSM pupils
- 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Briar
Location
- Address
- Ridgeway, Ashcott
- Postcode
- TA7 9PP
- Town
- Bridgwater
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Bridgwater, Somerset, 117 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 15.4%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Catcott Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bridgwater · TA7 9HD · Somerset
Ages 4–11
- KS255%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM11.8%
- Demand1.00
2.8 miles away
Brookside Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Street · BA16 0PR · Somerset
Ages 3–11
- KS262%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM16.1%
- Demand1.02
2.8 miles away
Meare Village Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Glastonbury · BA6 9SP · Somerset
Ages 4–11
- KS243%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM23.0%
- Demand1.00
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Briar
- Telephone
- 01458210464