St Georges Church School

St Georges Church School is a friendly, welcoming primary where pupils feel safe and are cared for well. The school has high expectations, a broad curriculum and strong reading provision; children in the early years settle quickly, most pupils learn to read fluently, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are generally well supported. Behaviour is calm and purposeful, attendance is tracked rigorously, and personal development prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain. The school has been stabilised by a new leadership team after a period of turbulence, and trust and governance arrangements are effective. Safeguarding is effective. However, assessment is not used consistently well across all subjects, so some pupils do not build and retain knowledge as securely over time, and the school does not always evaluate the impact of its curriculum well enough to identify and address shortcomings. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• Friendly, welcoming school with warm and respectful relationships
• Pupils feel safe and are well cared for
• High expectations and positive attitudes to learning
• Calm and purposeful behaviour across the school
• Strong early years provision with clear routines
• Reading is a priority with a carefully sequenced phonics programme
• Pupils who fall behind in reading receive effective support to catch up
• Most pupils with SEND learn the curriculum well alongside their peers
• Teachers routinely check knowledge in many subjects
• Rigorous attendance tracking and effective work with parents
• Personal development prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain
• Effective trust and governance oversight
• Staff appreciate training and enjoy working at the school
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not used sufficiently well in some wider curriculum subjects
• Some pupils have gaps in knowledge and do not build knowledge well over time
• The impact of the curriculum is not evaluated well enough in some areas
• Staff do not always use evaluation systems effectively to identify what is working and what needs addressing

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 St Georges Church School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.7% 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, 2.9% of pupils at St Georges 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 St Georges Church School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.3% 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, 13.2% of pupils at St Georges Church School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 St Georges Church School received £7,542 and spent £7,434 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £114,000 (-£519 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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All schools in Weston-Super-Mare · North Somerset local authority: places and applications

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

• St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Worlebury St Pauls Church School Weston-Super-Mare
• St John the Evangelist Church School Clevedon
• Court-De-Wyck Church School Bristol
• Kingshill Church School Nailsea
• Churchfield Church School Highbridge
• Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School Bristol
• St John and St Francis Church School Bridgwater
• Wembdon St George's Church School Bridgwater
• St Vigor & St John Church School Radstock

What is St Georges Church School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Georges Church School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was St Georges Church School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Georges Church School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does St Georges Church School have?

St Georges Church School has 235 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Georges Church School cover?

St Georges Church School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Georges Church School?

St Georges Church School is at Pastures Avenue, St Georges, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 7SA.