Wedmore First School Academy
Blackford Road, Wedmore, BS28 4BS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shelley Kent
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 193
- URN
- 136841
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934712643
About this school
Wedmore First School Academy is a primary academy in Wedmore. It teaches children aged 2 to 9 and has 193 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Wedmore First School Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 182 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 184 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wedmore First School Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 10.6% | 193 | — |
| Weare Academy First School | — | 3.9% | 11.6% | 149 | 3.7 miles |
| Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School | — | 7.2% | 12.3% | 70 | 3.8 miles |
| Cheddar First School | — | 6.3% | 18.6% | 358 | 4.1 miles |
| Meare Village Primary School | 77% | 6.1% | 23.2% | 100 | 4.1 miles |
| Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy | — | 5.7% | 10.3% | 158 | 4.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.6%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.93%
- Persistent absence
- 9.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Weare Academy First School3.7 miles
Primary · Axbridge
-
Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School3.8 miles
Primary · Draycott
-
Cheddar First School4.1 miles
Primary · Cheddar
-
Meare Village Primary School4.1 miles
Primary · Glastonbury
-
Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy4.2 miles
Primary · Highbridge
Other schools in Wedmore
- Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School Middle deemed secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wedmore First School Academy teach?
- Wedmore First School Academy teaches children aged 2 to 9. It is a primary school in Wedmore.
- Who is the headteacher of Wedmore First School Academy?
- The headteacher of Wedmore First School Academy is Mrs Shelley Kent, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wedmore First School Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wedmore First School Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Wedmore First School Academy?
- Wedmore First School Academy has 193 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 9.
- Is Wedmore First School Academy full?
- Wedmore First School Academy has capacity for 210 pupils and 193 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wedmore First School Academy a faith school?
- No. Wedmore First School Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Wedmore First School Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wedmore First School Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Wedmore First School Academy?
- Wedmore First School Academy is part of WESSEX LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Wedmore First School Academy's absence rate?
- Wedmore First School Academy's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Wedmore First School Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Wedmore First School Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.