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Becket Primary School, Weston-super-Mare

Requires Improvement
Primary
Academy converter
Mixed
Ages 2–11

Becket Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Weston-super-Mare, part of Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust. It was rated Requires improvement at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2024. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 13th-highest of the 22 schools in Weston-super-Mare with published results, and 11,173rd of 14,452 across England. It was 76% full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2024)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to North Somerset (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 27 Oct 2026

Becket Primary School in detail

Becket Primary School in its own words

In its own words: ""Access to opportunity for every child-empowering them to be ambitious, compassionate, and ready to make a positive difference." At our school, we believe every child deserves access to limitless opportunities that nurture their unique talents, aspirations, and sense of purpose. We are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive environment where curiosity thrives, learning is joyful, and every child feels valued."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am.

Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at Becket Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in North Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 59% in reading and 59% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at Becket Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Becket Primary School as their first choice and 29 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Becket Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Becket Primary School are St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 89% maths); Mendip Green Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 68% maths); Herons' Moor Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 88% reading, 83% maths); and St Georges Church School (0.7 miles, Good, 77% reading, 70% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Becket Primary School.

St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolMendip Green Primary SchoolHerons' Moor AcademySt Georges Church School

The trust

Becket Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 7 schools in Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust

Who goes there

32.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (63%), Asian (9%) and Black (8%).

Staffing

Becket Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Worle Rail Station, about 570 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Feniton (s-bound), 190 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Becket Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 142 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Somerset (76), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Becket Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 3.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Becket Primary School are Priory Community School (0.3 miles), Worle Community School (0.7 miles) and Winterstoke Hundred Academy (1.6 miles).

Priory Community SchoolWorle Community SchoolWinterstoke Hundred Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Ms Charlie Barwell
Pupils:171
LA:North Somerset
Phone:01934516052
Address:Tavistock Road, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 6DH
Trust:KALEIDOSCOPE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (7 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2017

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
-

Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Requires Improvement

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Requires Improvement

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 2 April 2025View full report
URN:144923
UKPRN:10065061
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Weston-Super-Mare
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Becket Primary School excels at teaching children to read through its well-trained staff and carefully matched reading books. The curriculum is thoughtfully designed so children build knowledge over time, learning about interesting topics like local rivers. The school is genuinely inclusive - children from different backgrounds learn together, bullying is not tolerated, and every child feels accepted.

Key Strengths

  • Strong phonics programme now embedded with positive impact on early reading skills
  • Coherently sequenced curriculum with identified key knowledge and subject-specific concepts
  • Improved behaviour management with clear policy that most pupils respond well to
  • Increased capacity to support pupils with SEND through external agency partnerships
  • Positive school culture where pupils mix well, bullying is not tolerated, and equity and inclusion are visible

Areas for Improvement

  • Small number of early readers whose knowledge does not match the phonics programme's structure need alternative approaches
  • Pupils can demonstrate subject-specific knowledge but struggle to connect this to wider concepts
  • Curriculum leader training needs to move towards more evaluative approaches to measure impact on long-term pupil knowledge retention

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with the school demonstrating clear oversight and support for vulnerable pupils including those with SEND through partnership with external agencies.

Becket Primary School has made significant improvements since the last inspection, with a new executive headteacher driving a sharp focus on education quality and pupil behaviour. The school has successfully embedded a new phonics programme and developed a coherent curriculum, though some aspects still need further development.

At a Glance

26.3%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+13ppMaths+4ppWriting+3pp

Reading has improved from 59% to 72% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 59% to 63% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 72% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

21.4

Avg class size

16.7

Infant (KS1)

25.0

KS2

7

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Becket Primary School.

  • Future Stars Coaching at Herons Moor Academy1000m away · Not yet graded
  • Future Stars Coaching LTD at The Campus1000m away · Not yet graded
  • First Class Learning - Weston-super-Mare1000m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Becket Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see North Somerset's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Worle Rail Station
571m · 9 min walk

Bus Stops

Feniton (S-bound)
189m · 3 min walk
Becket Road (W-bound)
193m · 3 min walk
Preanes Green (S-bound)
271m · 4 min walk
Summer Lane (E-bound)
281m · 5 min walk
St Marks Church (E-bound)
299m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Becket Primary School is in North Somerset; for families living there:

Apply to North Somerset for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
22
Fatal
0
Serious
7
Children hurt
7

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 15 slight.

7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 5 on a bicycle.

8 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in North Somerset is 5 (the median across 85 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Becket Primary School

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What the report includes for Becket Primary School:

  • The straight-line distance from your home to Becket Primary School.
  • We hold no last distance offered figures from North Somerset, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Becket Primary School for 2018 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in North Somerset got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

76%

Available places

160 pupils

210 places

50 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Weston-super-Mare

Low pressure
New homes approved:770
Projected new pupils:193

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Weston-super-Mare

Across North Somerset council

Low demand council-wide0.80 applications per place

Places available

2,490

Applications

1,984

Got 1st preference

96.8%

Got preferred school

99.3%

All primary applications across North Somerset council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(4)

2 April 2025
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesRequires Improvement
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
Early YearsGood
14 May 2024
Requires ImprovementReport
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesRequires Improvement
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
Early YearsGood
19 January 2022
Requires ImprovementReport
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesRequires Improvement
Personal DevelopmentRequires Improvement
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
Early YearsRequires Improvement

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

28

SEN Support

8

EHC Plans

21.1%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health19
Speech, Language & Communication6
Specific Learning Difficulty4
Moderate Learning Difficulty1
Severe Learning Difficulty1
Profound & Multiple LD1
Multi-Sensory Impairment1
Physical Disability1
Autistic Spectrum Disorder1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
62.6%
Asian
9.4%
Black
8.2%
Mixed
3.0%
Other
0.6%
Unclassified
1.8%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals26.3%
English as Additional Language32.2%

171

Total Pupils

85

Boys

86

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

12

Teachers

14.3:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£47,146

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,096

Per pupil

£1148k

Total funding

£86k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£115,747
EAL funding£22,443
Lump sum£147,311

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

6.7%

Overall absence

15.5%

Persistent absence

155

Enrolments

Authorised4.9%
Unauthorised1.7%
Persistent (10%+)15.5%
Severe (50%+)0.6%

Absence trend

5.0%
18/19
4.3%
20/21
8.7%
21/22
7.6%
22/23
6.2%
23/24
6.7%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Becket Primary School

What are SATs results like at Becket Primary School?

Of the pupils at Becket Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 72% reached the expected standard in reading and 63% did so in maths.

What is Becket Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Becket Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in May 2024, it was rated Requires Improvement.

What is the catchment area for Becket Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Becket Primary School is oversubscribed, North Somerset allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Becket Primary School?

Becket Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 76% of its 210 places.

How big are the classes at Becket Primary School?

Classes at Becket Primary School average 21.4 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Becket Primary School?

Becket Primary School has around 171 pupils on roll. 26% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Becket Primary School?

6.7% of sessions were missed at Becket Primary School in 2024/25. 15.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Becket Primary School?

Apply through North Somerset's coordinated admissions process, naming Becket Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Becket Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists 3 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Becket Primary School: Future Stars Coaching at Herons Moor Academy (1000m away, registered, not yet graded), Future Stars Coaching LTD at The Campus (1000m away, registered, not yet graded) and First Class Learning - Weston-super-Mare (1000m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Becket Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 15 slight. 7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 5 on a bicycle. 8 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in North Somerset is 5 (the median across 85 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Becket Primary School?

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

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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