Castle Batch Primary School, Weston-super-Mare

From the headteacher's welcome: "We aim for all our children to be happy, confident , and resilient individuals who, through their time with us, develop a thirst for and love of learning. This is at the heart of what we do."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Castle Batch Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% 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 62% in reading and 57% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Castle Batch Primary School as their first choice and 93 named it as one of their preferences, for 41 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

Demand has been fairly steady: 44 first choices in 2021, against 41 in 2026.

Across North Somerset, 97% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in North Somerset lodged 22 appeals against primary school offers; 18 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (11.1% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Castle Batch Primary School are St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 89% maths); Becket Primary School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 72% reading, 63% maths); St Georges Church School (0.8 miles, Good, 77% reading, 70% maths); and Worle Village Primary School (1 mile, Good, 90% reading, 97% maths).

Castle Batch Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Castle Batch Primary School is one of 20 schools run by Pathway Trust, an academy trust.

11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 8.3% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

In 2025, 47 pupils (10.8%) received SEN support and 37 (8.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs. The school has a SEN unit for pupils with particular needs.

Castle Batch Primary School employed 24 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 18 pupils. Their average salary was £44,787.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £4,955 per pupil (£2.3 million in total), including £72,720 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Worle Rail Station, about 1 miles away.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Castle Batch School (ne-bound), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Castle Batch Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 93 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is close to the typical figure around schools in North Somerset (76).

In 2023/24, Castle Batch Primary School issued 12 suspensions, 2.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Castle Batch Primary School are Priory Community School (0.5 miles) and Worle Community School (1.3 miles).