Kingshill Church School

Kingshill Church School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school creates a supportive and welcoming environment for pupils, fostering positive relationships and a strong sense of safety. The leadership team has been effective in driving improvements in the curriculum and ensuring high expectations across the board, particularly in reading, where pupils progress well from an early age. While the recent changes in staff and leadership have revitalized the school, the historical weaknesses in curriculum design have been addressed to ensure that pupils learn effectively.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behavior and learning.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Strong focus on reading and phonics from an early age.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to a safe learning environment.
• Effective leadership driving continuous improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum subjects need more time to embed, leading to gaps in knowledge.

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 Kingshill Church School attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.6% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Kingshill Church 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 Kingshill Church School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.7% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Kingshill Church School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.6% 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 2024–25 Kingshill Church School received £9,482 and spent £10,185 for each of its 112 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £345,000 (-£3,078 per pupil).

Across all 45 schools of The Bath and Wells Diocesan Academies Trust, income was £7,160 and spending £7,193 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Kingshill Church School is part of The Bath and Wells Diocesan Academies Trust, which runs 46 schools. The nearest others:

• Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School Bristol
• Court-De-Wyck Church School Bristol
• St John the Evangelist Church School Clevedon
• St Georges Church School Weston-Super-Mare
• St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Worlebury St Pauls Church School Weston-Super-Mare
• St Michaels Junior Church School Bath
• St Vigor & St John Church School Radstock
• Churchfield Church School Highbridge
• St Nicholas Church School Radstock

What is Kingshill Church School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Kingshill Church School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingshill Church School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Kingshill Church School have?

Kingshill Church School has 104 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingshill Church School cover?

Kingshill Church School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Kingshill Church School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 32% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kingshill Church School?

Kingshill Church School is at Pound Lane, Nailsea, Somerset, BS48 2NP.