Stogursey Church of England Primary School, Bridgwater

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Stogursey Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders place a clear focus on attendance."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development programme is a strength of the school."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Across the school, pupils have gaps in their reading, writing and mathematics knowledge."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Teaching of the curriculum is not effective enough to support pupils to learn as well as they could."

Early years - Needs attention. "The early years curriculum has not previously shown how children build the knowledge and skills needed to be well prepared for Year 1."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Systems to identify pupils' needs and remove barriers to learning, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), have not been effective enough over time."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Decisions made by the trust and governors to improve the curriculum and teaching have not yet led to rapid improvement in pupils' outcomes as intended."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils secure the important knowledge and skills they need in writing, composition, spelling and mathematical fluency"; "Leaders should make sure that staff adapt the curriculum to ensure that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those with other barriers to learning, progress well through the curriculum from their starting points"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils' attainment in reading, writing and mathematics improves, so that pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their education"; "Leaders should support staff to develop the expertise they need to consistently develop children's language and vocabulary through high-quality interactions across all areas of the early years provision"; "Leaders and governors should monitor the impact their actions are having with greater rigour in order to tackle the weaknesses that exist, particularly with the curriculum and pupils' achievement, so pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their education".

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care, from £1.50 per session.

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Stogursey Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 55% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 71% in Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 57% in reading and 29% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 3 families put Stogursey Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 5 named it as one of their preferences, for 3 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Stogursey Church of England Primary School are Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School (2 miles, Good, 73% reading, 73% maths); Otterhampton Primary School (3.6 miles, Good, 63% reading, 50% maths); Spaxton CofE Primary School (4.2 miles, Outstanding, 55% reading, 64% maths); and Cannington Church of England Primary School (4.3 miles, Good, 75% reading, 79% maths).

Stogursey Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Stogursey Church of England Primary School is one of 8 schools run by Quantock Education Trust, an academy trust.

13 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Stogursey Church of England Primary School (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 85% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (69%).

1.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 20 pupils (31.3%) received SEN support and 3 (4.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Stogursey Church of England Primary School had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Stogursey Church of England Primary School.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The School (outside), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 5 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Somerset (22).

In 2024/25, Stogursey Church of England Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 12.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.