Lympsham Church of England Academy

Academy converter·First school Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset·BS24 0EW

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Lympsham Church of England Academy is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

95%

19 first choices, 18 places

First choices per place

1.06

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 18 places

Last place offered lived

5.05 mi^*

straight line, 2026 intake · 8130 m

Applications from another council area

31%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8820221.0020230.9620241.0020251.062026

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.

* Please treat this distance with caution. The council’s document was ambiguous for Lympsham Church of England Academy: figure read from the council's allocation table beside the criterion used; column layout is hard to read. We read the figure by hand rather than confirming it automatically, so it may not be the exact cut-off. If you have firmer information, for example from the school or the council, we would be grateful if you could share it through our contact page.

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

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 135
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

5.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

1.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

14.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,000

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School Highbridge · 2.5 mi 53.3 Berrow Primary Church Academy Burnham-on-Sea · 2.7 mi 35.1 St Andrew's Church Junior School Burnham-on-Sea · 3.8 mi 41.8 St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Burnham-on-Sea · 4.0 mi 62.7 Churchfield Church School Highbridge · 4.4 mi 24.7 West Huntspill Primary Academy Highbridge · 5.4 mi 35.1 East Huntspill Primary Academy Highbridge · 5.7 mi 27.0 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School Wedmore · 6.6 mi 60.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Lympsham Church of England Academy

Lympsham Church of England Academy is a primary school in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 135 pupils aged 2 to 9 attend the school.

Competition for places is real here - 95% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (19 first choices for 18 places). The council's 2026 allocation figures suggest the last child offered a place lived about 5.05 miles away, but the council's document was ambiguous for this school, so treat that figure with caution. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Lympsham Church of England Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.