Banwell Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Banwell, North Somerset·BS29 6DB
Composite score
45.4
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#9,019
National rank
#910
In South West
#39
In North Somerset
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
27
any preference, for 16 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.9420231.0020240.9520250.882026

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

Every child who put Banwell 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
127
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,717
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Banwell Primary School is a primary school serving Banwell, North Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 127 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Banwell Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 16 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. Banwell 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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