Winscombe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Winscombe, North Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.076 miles
Published by North Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Winscombe Primary School is a primary school in Winscombe, North Somerset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. North Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Winscombe Primary School 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 | 2.076 mi |
| 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
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child living 2.076 miles away, the 5th longest of the 13 North Somerset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 7 of the 12 years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Moorham Road, Winscombe, BS25 1HH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “This is a happy and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils demonstrate the school’s values to ‘care, aspire, respect and excel’.”
- “They show these by persevering in their work and in their actions.”
To improve
- “Some published outcomes do not reflect how well-prepared current pupils are for their next stage of education.”
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not check well enough if all pupils have secured their knowledge.”
- “Sometimes, only a few pupils respond to questions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2025 (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) | 66% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Sandford Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Banwell Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Churchill Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burrington Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parklands Educate Together Primary 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Locking Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anne's Church Academy 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published