Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Street · BA16 9LA · Somerset
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 123678
Ashcott Primary School
Community school · Bridgwater · TA7 9PP
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
117
Local authority
Somerset
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 123678
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
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- 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 characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Briar
- Telephone
- 01458210464
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-01-13
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 69%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.0%
Persistent absence
10.0%
Unauthorised
1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 100
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 5.8% · Persistent 14.9%
- 2021/22
- Overall 6.8% · Persistent 18.5%