Winford Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, North Somerset·BS40 8AD
Composite score
29.2
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National rank
#1438
In South West
#53
In North Somerset
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
45%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
37
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9520230.9720240.9220250.932026

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

Every child who put Winford Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
185
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,124
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Winford Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Bristol, North Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 185 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Winford Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Winford Church of England Primary School 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.

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