Beech Grove Primary School

Beech Grove Primary is a good school that has shown significant improvement since its previous inspection, where it was rated as requiring improvement. The school fosters a strong sense of community, where pupils feel happy, safe, and are eager to learn. Staff maintain high expectations, leading to calm behavior and strong relationships among pupils and adults. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, particularly benefiting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), with strong emphasis on reading and personal development.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• High expectations for pupil achievement and behavior.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with well-planned sequences in most subjects.
• Effective phonics teaching consistently delivered across all groups.
• Comprehensive programme for wider pupil development including mental and physical health.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent planning and sequencing of core knowledge in some subjects.
• Lack of detailed overview of pupil participation in extra-curricular activities.

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 Beech Grove Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% 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, 3.1% of pupils at Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.7% 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, 24.2% of pupils at Beech Grove Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 2025–26 Beech Grove Primary School received £8,462 and spent £8,276 for each of its 244 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £214,000 (£878 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 Beech Grove Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beech Grove Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Beech Grove Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beech Grove Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Beech Grove Primary School have?

Beech Grove Primary School has 244 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beech Grove Primary School cover?

Beech Grove Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Beech Grove Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beech Grove Primary School?

Beech Grove Primary School is at Courtland Road, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8NE.