Dundry Church of England Primary School

Dundry Church of England Primary School demonstrates good overall performance, reflecting significant improvements since its previous inspection, which rated it as requiring improvement. The school fosters a positive and inclusive community where pupils thrive both academically and personally. With an ambitious curriculum, particularly in reading, pupils show marked improvements in literacy skills, and they are encouraged to engage with a wide variety of literature. However, the school recognizes that in some other subjects, the curriculum changes are still recent, and not all pupils are developing a deep understanding as they could. Overall, the leadership, with strong community support, is dedicated to ensuring that all pupils flourish.

Strengths

• Pupils develop high levels of respect towards peers and staff.
• Effective improvements in reading and writing through a well-planned phonics programme.
• Leaders have created a broad and coherent curriculum.
• High expectations and appropriate support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Strong community involvement and positive feedback from parents and carers.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, recent curriculum changes have not yet led to deep learning.
• New assessment methods in the wider curriculum are not fully established.

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 Dundry Church of England Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Dundry Church of England 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 Dundry Church of England Primary School had 14.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Dundry Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Dundry Church of England Primary School received £8,818 and spent £8,040 for each of its 89 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £125,000 (£1,401 per pupil).

Across all 41 schools of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, income was £8,730 and spending £8,608 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 Bristol · North Somerset local authority: places and applications

Dundry Church of England Primary School is part of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

• Knowle DGE Academy Bristol
• Clutton Primary School Bristol
• Soundwell Academy Kingswood
• High Littleton CofE VC Primary School Bristol
• Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School Bristol
• St Mary's CofE Primary School Bath
• Longvernal Primary School Radstock
• St John's CofE Primary School Radstock
• Midsomer Norton Primary School Radstock
• Somervale Secondary School Radstock

What is Dundry Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dundry Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Dundry Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dundry Church of England Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Dundry Church of England Primary School have?

Dundry Church of England Primary School has 82 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dundry Church of England Primary School cover?

Dundry Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Dundry Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dundry Church of England Primary School?

Dundry Church of England Primary School is at 110 Dundry Lane, Bristol, Somerset, BS41 8JE.