Bournville Primary School
Selworthy Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 3ST
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EXTEND LEARNING ACADEMIES NETWORK
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Marie Berry
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Extend Learning Academies Network
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 528
- Pupils on roll
- 494
- URN
- 144918
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934427130
About this school
Bournville Primary School is a primary academy in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 494 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bournville Primary School, 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 58 | 56 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 29% | 24% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 50% | 49% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 38% | 37% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 39% | 32% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 97.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 Bournville Primary School 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 | 38% | 59.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 29% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 24% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 485 |
| 2023/24 | 501 |
| 2024/25 | 514 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bournville Primary School compares
Bournville Primary School ranked 57th of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 24% | 7.1% | 57.1% | 494 | — |
| Windwhistle Primary School | 42% | 9% | 46.3% | 331 | 0.4 miles |
| Haywood Village Academy | 72% | 4% | 18.6% | 450 | 0.6 miles |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | 48% | 5.3% | 8.6% | 194 | 0.9 miles |
| Oldmixon Primary School | 77% | 6.3% | 46.3% | 223 | 0.9 miles |
| Ashcombe Primary School | 55% | 6.1% | 21.8% | 627 | 0.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.14%
- English as an additional language
- 13.6%
- Overall absence
- 7.11%
- Persistent absence
- 26.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Windwhistle Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Haywood Village Academy0.6 miles
Primary · North Somerset
-
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Oldmixon Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Ashcombe Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
Bournville Primary School ranks 22nd of the 22 ranked primary schools in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Airfield Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcombe Primary School Primary
- Becket 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
- Herons' Moor 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 Bournville Primary School teach?
- Bournville Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the head teacher of Bournville Primary School?
- The head teacher of Bournville Primary School is Mrs Marie Berry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bournville Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bournville Primary School, 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 Bournville Primary School?
- Bournville Primary School has 494 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Bournville Primary School full?
- Bournville Primary School has capacity for 528 pupils and 494 on roll (94%), 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 Bournville Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bournville Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bournville Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bournville Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Bournville Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Bournville Primary School is part of EXTEND LEARNING ACADEMIES NETWORK. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bournville Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 24% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bournville Primary School compare with other schools in North Somerset?
- Bournville Primary School ranked 57th of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bournville Primary School's absence rate?
- Bournville Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bournville Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bournville Primary School'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 10 July 2026.