Herons' Moor Academy
Highlands Lane, Locking Castle, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7DX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Mrs Georgina Tinker
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Cabot Learning Federation
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 447
- URN
- 138603
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934441901
About this school
Herons' Moor Academy is a primary academy in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 447 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Herons' Moor Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 63% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 80% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 82% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 75% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Herons' Moor 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 | North Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 59.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 461 |
| 2023/24 | 462 |
| 2024/25 | 448 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Herons' Moor Academy compares
Herons' Moor Academy ranked 15th of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.3% | 18.1% | 447 | — |
| Becket Primary School | 56% | 6.7% | 36.4% | 171 | 0.6 miles |
| Mendip Green Primary School | 58% | 6.1% | 21.7% | 617 | 0.7 miles |
| Mead Vale Community Primary School | 63% | 4.3% | 22.2% | 203 | 0.7 miles |
| Worle Village Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 26.7% | 158 | 1.0 miles |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 17.1% | 262 | 1.0 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)
- 18.12%
- English as an additional language
- 17.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.32%
- Persistent absence
- 12.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Becket Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Mendip Green Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Mead Vale Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Worle Village Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
St Martin's Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
Herons' Moor Academy ranks 4th of the 22 ranked primary schools in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Airfield Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcombe Primary School Primary
- Becket Primary School Primary
- Bournville Primary School Primary
- Castle Batch Primary School Academy Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Drakelow Park Flying High Academy Primary
- Hutton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kewstoke Primary School Primary
- Locking Primary School Primary
- Lympsham Church of England Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Herons' Moor Academy teach?
- Herons' Moor Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the headteacher of Herons' Moor Academy?
- The headteacher of Herons' Moor Academy is Mrs Georgina Tinker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Herons' Moor Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Herons' Moor 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 many pupils are at Herons' Moor Academy?
- Herons' Moor Academy has 447 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Herons' Moor Academy full?
- Herons' Moor Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 447 on roll (106%), so it is at or above 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 Herons' Moor Academy a faith school?
- No. Herons' Moor Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Herons' Moor Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Herons' Moor Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Herons' Moor Academy part of an academy trust?
- Herons' Moor Academy is part of CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Herons' Moor Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Herons' Moor Academy compare with other schools in North Somerset?
- Herons' Moor Academy ranked 15th of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Herons' Moor Academy's absence rate?
- Herons' Moor Academy's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Herons' Moor Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Herons' Moor Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.