Middlezoy Primary School

Middlezoy Primary School has made a significant improvement since its previous inspection, now rated as good overall. The school provides a welcoming and friendly environment, where pupils enjoy learning and engage actively in various extracurricular activities. The curriculum is broad and balanced, particularly strong in reading, writing, and mathematics, allowing most pupils to make good progress. The school promotes positive behavior and strong relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to pupils feeling safe and valued. Parents are highly supportive and appreciate the community aspect of the school. However, some areas within the curriculum need better strategic planning to ensure all pupils build the necessary knowledge sequentially.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a broad and balanced curriculum.
• Strong focus on reading with effective phonics program.
• High-quality writing skills demonstrated by pupils.
• Positive behavior and strong relationships foster a safe environment.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Pupils actively engage in community and leadership roles.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in some subjects lacks clarity on key knowledge progression.
• Assessment does not always identify knowledge gaps effectively.

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 2021–22 pupils at Middlezoy Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 93.7%). 20.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 17.7%).

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 2022–23, 0.0% of pupils at Middlezoy Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 0.8%). 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 2022–23 Middlezoy Primary School had 8.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2022–23, 28.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 18.4%).

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 2022–23 Middlezoy Primary School received £17,267 and spent £15,135 for each of its 20 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £140,000 (£6,976 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Ppat Education, income was £5,887 and spending £5,933 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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All schools in Bridgwater · Somerset local authority: places and applications

Middlezoy Primary School is part of Ppat Education, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Othery Village School Bridgwater
• Huish Episcopi Primary School Langport
• Hambridge Community Primary School Langport
• Butleigh Church of England Primary School Glastonbury
• Ash Church of England Primary School Martock
• Ilchester Community School Yeovil
• Lovington Church of England Primary School Castle Cary
• Kingfisher Primary School Yeovil
• Preston CofE Primary School Yeovil
• Countess Gytha Primary School Yeovil

What is Middlezoy Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Middlezoy Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Middlezoy Primary School was last inspected in February 2024.

How many pupils does Middlezoy Primary School have?

Middlezoy Primary School has 5 pupils on roll.

What age range does Middlezoy Primary School cover?

Middlezoy Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Middlezoy Primary School?

Middlezoy Primary School is at Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0NZ.