Becket Primary School

Becket Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement in several areas, primarily the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management, while personal development and early years provision are noted as good. The school, part of the Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust, is under the leadership of an executive headteacher and a head of school who are working towards enhancing the educational experience of all pupils. Despite the school's positive atmosphere and effective early years provision, the overall effectiveness remains a concern, particularly due to the inconsistent delivery of the curriculum and management of behaviour in the classroom.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate politeness and are welcoming.
• The school promotes a love of reading and offers effective early reading support.
• Positive relationships exist across the school, contributing to a safe environment.
• The executive leadership is providing support and challenge that fosters improvement.
• Children in the early years develop positive attitudes to learning.

Areas for Improvement

• The implementation of the curriculum does not enable pupils to remember important knowledge across subjects.
• Some pupils receive books that do not match their reading level, impeding fluency.
• Teachers do not consistently check what pupils know or adapt learning accordingly.
• Expectations of behaviour are not high enough, leading to disruptions in learning.
• Persistent absence remains a challenge for the school.

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 Becket Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Becket 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 Becket Primary School had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.0% 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, 16.4% of pupils at Becket Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 Becket Primary School received £7,327 and spent £7,191 for each of its 180 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £199,000 (£1,109 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,746 and spending £6,505 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

Becket Primary School is part of Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Worle Village Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• St Martin's Church of England Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Ashcombe Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Christ Church Church of England Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Hutton Church of England Primary School Weston-Super-Mare
• Crockerne Church of England Primary School Bristol

What is Becket Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Becket Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Becket Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Becket Primary School have?

Becket Primary School has 171 pupils on roll.

What age range does Becket Primary School cover?

Becket Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Becket Primary School?

Becket Primary School is at Tavistock Road, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 6DH.