Bournville Primary School

Bournville Primary School is a friendly, inclusive and calm school where pupils behave well, feel safe and benefit from strong personal development. Inspectors found effective safeguarding, improving attendance, thoughtful wider opportunities and a positive early years provision. The school is part of the Extend Learning Academies Network and was previously inspected under section 8, not section 5. This graded inspection did not result in an overall effectiveness grade. However, the school's ambitious vision is not yet realised. The quality of education and leadership and management require improvement because curriculum implementation is inconsistent in some subjects. Staff do not always have the subject and pedagogical knowledge needed, assessment is not used sharply enough to identify and close gaps, and reading is not delivered as intended, which limits pupils' access to the wider curriculum. Pupils with SEND are sometimes affected by these shortcomings. Leaders have made some positive changes and there are clear strengths in behaviour, personal development and early years. The school is inclusive and works well with families and external agencies, and attendance is rising. Nevertheless, leaders at all levels do not review curriculum effectiveness with enough precision, so they cannot fully evaluate how well pupils are learning or make improvements quickly enough.

Strengths

• Pupils are welcoming, friendly and interested in others.
• Behaviour is calm and orderly, with pupils understanding the 'Ready, respectful and safe' rules.
• Personal development is strong, including civic initiatives, clubs and visits.
• Early years provision is well designed, with effective staff interaction and a balance of adult-led and play-based learning.
• The school is inclusive and secures support for pupils with SEND through work with parents and external agencies.
• The 'Nest' and 'Shooting Stars' provisions provide high levels of adult support and bespoke learning.
• Attendance is a high priority and is rising year on year.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Staff appreciate consideration for their workload and well-being.
• Governors and trustees share the school's ambitious vision.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent in some subjects, so pupils do not build subject knowledge well enough.
• Staff in some subjects lack the subject and pedagogical knowledge required to deliver the curriculum as intended.
• Assessment checks do not routinely identify gaps in pupils' understanding or inform subsequent teaching.
• The reading curriculum is not delivered as intended, so pupils do not routinely become confident, fluent readers.
• Pupils' reading weaknesses affect their access to learning across the curriculum.
• Leaders do not review the effectiveness of the curriculum with enough precision.
• Shortcomings in curriculum implementation affect pupils with SEND, who do not always develop detailed knowledge across the curriculum.
• The school's high expectations for pupils' achievement are not yet realised.

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 Bournville Primary School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.5% 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, 3.9% of pupils at Bournville Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Bournville Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.3% 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, 32.0% of pupils at Bournville Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.9% 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 Bournville Primary School received £8,742 and spent £8,767 for each of its 471 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £232,000 (£492 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Extend Learning Academies Network, income was £7,731 and spending £7,803 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

Bournville Primary School is part of Extend Learning Academies Network, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Windwhistle Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Oldmixon Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Walliscote Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Milton Park Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Mead Vale Community Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Mendip Green Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Locking Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Banwell Primary School Banwell

What is Bournville Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bournville Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Bournville Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bournville Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Bournville Primary School have?

Bournville Primary School has 494 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bournville Primary School cover?

Bournville Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 24% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bournville Primary School?

Bournville Primary School is at Selworthy Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 3ST.