Castle Batch Primary School Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Batch Primary School Academy is a primary school in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. North Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Castle Batch Primary School Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place for 2026, though places ran out in 5 of the 11 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 41 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 59 North Somerset primary schools.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 26.9, against a middle figure of 20.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Somerset.
- In 2024/25, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Somerset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rawlins Avenue, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 7FN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- North Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 484 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “The school has a caring, inclusive ethos.”
- “There are strong relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe in school.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that the curriculum in some subjects is not as fully embedded.”
- “Leaders recognise that they need to improve the reading curriculum to support some pupils to learn phonics more quickly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 64% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 41 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Somerset.
- St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Becket Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Georges Church School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Worle Village Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mendip Green Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Herons' Moor Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mead Vale Community Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published