Somerset Bridge Primary School

Community school·Primary school Bridgwater, Somerset·TA6 6AH
Composite score
47.4
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#8,185
National rank
#805
In South West
#67
In Somerset
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
80%
75 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.25
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
109
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.46 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 744 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2020221.0720230.9820241.1720251.252026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
413
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,199
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Somerset Bridge Primary School

Somerset Bridge Primary School is a primary school in Bridgwater, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 413 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Somerset Bridge Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 75 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.46 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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