Ashcombe Primary School, Weston-super-Mare
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Ashcombe Primary School excels at making pupils feel safe, cared for and part of a community. Staff know every child by name and provide outstanding pastoral support, particularly for vulnerable pupils. The school also offers a rich, broad curriculum and strong behaviour across the school, with pupils being kind and polite to one another.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and supported
- Excellent behaviour and pastoral care - pupils are kind, polite and well-behaved
- Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils
- Well-designed, broad and ambitious curriculum
- Strong phonics teaching with Year 1 phonics results in line with national average
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching quality is variable and expectations are not consistently high enough
- Too many pupils leave the school without being ready for the next stage of education
- Pupils do not retain and build knowledge securely
- Basic errors in grammar, spelling and handwriting are not consistently corrected
- Work given to pupils is not always matched to their ability
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has created an open and positive culture of safeguarding where concerns are actively identified and acted upon, making pupils safer.
Extracurricular Activities
School choir, Jill Dando newsroom, book club, drama club, line dancing club, sports leaders, eco-team, Sparks Club, gymnastics, football, residential trips, adventure days to woods and beach
Ashcombe Primary School is a large primary school where pupils feel safe and cared for, with strong pastoral support and positive behaviour. However, the school needs to improve teaching quality and pupil achievement, as too many pupils are not reaching the expected standards.
At a Glance
22.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 65%. Maths has declined from 73% to 67%. Writing has remained stable at around 68%.
Class Sizes
29.8
Avg class size
29.7
Infant (KS1)
29.8
KS2
21
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
627 pupils
630 capacity
3 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Weston-super-Mare
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Weston-super-Mare
Admissions Demand - North Somerset
Places available
2,552
Applications
2,090
Got 1st preference
96.1%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across North Somerset (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.13146%
Overall absence
15.14599%
Persistent absence
548
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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