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Primary school in Highbridge, Somerset

Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School

Brent Knoll Primary School, Brent Street, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4EQ

Ofsted Good · 2023 Church of England Full
School website 01278760546
Ofsted Good September 2023
Met the expected standard 80% in the top 10% nationally
Chance of a place 100% of first choices offered

Ofsted

Goodas at 13 September 2023

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 13 September 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,115 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

80% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

0% England 8.1%

Average reading score

106 England 105.3

Average maths score

105 England 104.1

This year group had 22 pupils, so a single child moves the percentages above by about 4.5 points. Small cohorts move around a lot between years, so treat a single year's figures with care.

On the headline measure this school is in the top 10% of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

About as many first choices as places. Of the 15 families who named this school as their first choice, 100% were offered a place.

Places offered
16

for entry into Reception

Named it first choice
15
First choices per place
0.94

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
100%

England 95.1%

Demand has been broadly steady over three years.

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
180
Places
160
How full
Full — 180 pupils against 160 places
Girls / boys
88 / 92
Overall absence
5%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
8%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
15%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
2%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
11%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
1

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
4

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station

3.7 km away — railway station

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£385,000

postcode sector TA9 4 · 122 sales

Typical range
£249,250 to £481,250

middle half of sales

Detached
£460,000
Semi-detached
£310,000
Terraced
£222,250
Flat
£134,250

Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
30%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
22%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
12%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
15%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
42%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
86%

England 62.7%

Social housing
3%

England 17%

Privately rented
10%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
53%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
32%

England 22.5%

No car
8%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Sedgemoor 002H and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Acting Headteacher: Christopher Burman
Opened as this establishment
1 April 2019
Register status
Open
Local authority
Somerset
Ward
Brent
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
URN
146942

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

2.20 2020/21: 0.92 first choices per place2021/22: 2.00 first choices per place2022/23: 0.95 first choices per place2023/24: 1.00 first choices per place2024/25: 1.00 first choices per place2025/26: 1.00 first choices per place2026/27: 0.94 first choices per place2020202220242026
All 7 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2020/21 24 22 0.92 100%
2021/22 19 38 2.00 50%
2022/23 20 19 0.95 100%
2023/24 25 25 1.00 100%
2024/25 19 19 1.00 100%
2025/26 24 24 1.00 100%
2026/27 16 15 0.94 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
East Brent Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade — 1.1 mi
Burnham-On-Sea Infant SchoolAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 — 1.5 mi
St Andrew's Church Junior SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 — 1.9 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 65% 2 mi
Churchfield Church SchoolAcademy sponsor led Report card 2026 20% 2 mi
Berrow Primary Church AcademyAcademy sponsor led Report card 2026 — 2.3 mi
Lympsham Church of England AcademyAcademy converter No overall grade — 2.4 mi
Mark First and Pre-School CE AcademyAcademy converter No overall grade — 2.4 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 80%
Median of its 9 closest peers 58%
Somerset average 56.3%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Marton and District CofE Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Macclesfield Good 2022 65%
Yealmpton Primary SchoolAcademy converter Plymouth Good 2023 58%
Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Lewes No overall grade 48%
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh VillageAcademy converter Durham Good 2022 71%
Bidbury Infant SchoolCommunity school Havant No overall grade —
Weedon Bec Primary SchoolAcademy converter Northampton Requires improvement 2023 0%
Trinity CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Shrewsbury Good 2022 100%
Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school Bures Good 2023 55%
Crofton Infant SchoolAcademy converter Wakefield Good 2024 —
Lowtown Primary SchoolCommunity school Pudsey Good 2023 77%
Heathfields Infant AcademyAcademy converter Tamworth No overall grade —
Loxwood Primary SchoolCommunity school Billingshurst Good 2023 58%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 146942; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 13 September 2023
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.

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