Priddy Primary School

Priddy Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its 'good' rating from the previous inspection. The school emphasizes a holistic approach to education, fostering both academic achievement and personal development among students. High expectations are set, and pupils report feeling safe, happy, and engaged in their learning. This inclusive environment is complemented by a strong sense of community, with various leadership and extracurricular opportunities enhancing students' character development. Strengths of the school include a well-structured curriculum that builds knowledge progressively, effective phonics teaching which leads to rapid reading skills development, and a supportive network for children with special educational needs. The school community, including parents, holds the institution in high regard, particularly for the support provided to students. However, some gaps in knowledge exist due to inconsistencies in assessment practices within certain subjects, indicating areas for improvement in curriculum monitoring and evaluation.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Effective phonics teaching leading to good reading achievement
• Strong community spirit and opportunities for personal development
• Supportive staff relationships fostering a caring environment
• Good management and communication among leadership and governors

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment precision in some wider curriculum subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Priddy Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Priddy Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Priddy Primary School had 11.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.2% of pupils at Priddy Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2022–23 Priddy Primary School received £10,971 and spent £10,799 for each of its 34 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £210,000 (£6,174 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Priddy Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Priddy Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Priddy Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Priddy Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Priddy Primary School have?

Priddy Primary School has 44 pupils on roll.

What age range does Priddy Primary School cover?

Priddy Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Priddy Primary School?

Priddy Primary School is at Priddy, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BE.