Woolavington Village Primary School is a primary school located in Bridgwater. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 05/12/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in reading is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Higher Road, Bridgwater

School Information

Address: Higher Road, Bridgwater, TA7 8EA
Website: www.woolavingtonvillageprimaryschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01278683267
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Georgina Maclennan
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 140408

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 05/12/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 2 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 206
Number of Pupils: 187
Number of Boys: 90
Number of Girls: 97

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -3.8 Confidence interval -6.2 to -1.3
Writing
Average: -1.5 Confidence interval -3.8 to 0.8
Maths
Below Average: -2.7 Confidence interval -4.8 to -0.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:63%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woolavington Village Primary School
Higher Road , Woolavington TA7 8EA
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Kingsmoor Primary School
Bawdrip , TA7 8PY
3out of 4 2,203 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Puriton Primary School
Rowlands Rise , Puriton TA7 8BT
3out of 4 2,649 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.