Pawlett Primary School, Bridgwater

In its own words: "Welcome to Pawlett Primary School - We are part of Pathway Trust. We are a friendly, nurturing small rural school with big ambitions. We sit at the heart of our local community and inspire our children through lighting up a love of learning. We are a caring, inclusive family school where everyone is welcome."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 4:15pm, from £2.00 per session.

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at Pawlett Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 57% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 71% in Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 78% in reading and 56% 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, 16 families put Pawlett Primary School as their first choice and 19 named it as one of their preferences, for 15 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

First-choice demand has risen from 8 in 2021 to 16 in 2026, while places went from 9 to 15.

Across Somerset, 95% 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 Somerset lodged 287 appeals against primary school offers; 137 reached a hearing and 14 succeeded (10.2% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Pawlett Primary School are Puriton Primary School (1.8 miles, Good, 86% reading, 82% maths); West Huntspill Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 59% reading, 45% maths); Otterhampton Primary School (2.5 miles, Good, 63% reading, 50% maths); and Willowdown Primary School (2.9 miles, Requires improvement, 69% reading, 78% maths).

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

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

23.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 1.4% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

In 2025, 14 pupils (19.4%) received SEN support and 3 (4.2%) 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.

Pawlett Primary School employed 5 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 13 pupils. Their average salary was £44,070.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £7,580 per pupil (£0.6 million in total), including £25,755 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station, about 3 miles away.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Demand Responsive Area (drt), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Pawlett Primary School stands in is among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 8th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 5 crimes within a mile of the school, most often criminal damage and arson, other theft and robbery. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Somerset (22).

Pawlett Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2023/24.