Becket Primary School
Tavistock Road, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 6DH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- KALEIDOSCOPE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Charlie Barwell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 252
- Pupils on roll
- 171
- URN
- 144923
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934516052
About this school
Becket Primary School is a primary academy in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 171 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Becket 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 30 | 29 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 48% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 59% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 59% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 66% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Becket 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 | 53% | 59.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 201 |
| 2023/24 | 201 |
| 2024/25 | 186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Becket Primary School compares
Becket Primary School ranked 43rd of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 6.7% | 36.4% | 171 | — |
| St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School | 70% | 4.3% | 15.7% | 396 | 0.5 miles |
| Mendip Green Primary School | 58% | 6.1% | 21.7% | 617 | 0.6 miles |
| Herons' Moor Academy | 73% | 5.3% | 18.1% | 447 | 0.6 miles |
| St Georges Church School | 67% | 5.1% | 15.4% | 235 | 0.7 miles |
| Worle Village Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 26.7% | 158 | 0.7 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)
- 36.36%
- English as an additional language
- 29%
- Overall absence
- 6.67%
- Persistent absence
- 15.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
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Mendip Green Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Herons' Moor Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
St Georges Church School0.7 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Worle Village Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
Becket Primary School ranks 14th of the 22 ranked primary schools in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Airfield Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcombe 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
- 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 Becket Primary School teach?
- Becket Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the headteacher of Becket Primary School?
- The headteacher of Becket Primary School is Ms Charlie Barwell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Becket Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Becket 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 Becket Primary School?
- Becket Primary School has 171 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Becket Primary School full?
- Becket Primary School has capacity for 252 pupils and 171 on roll (68%), 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 Becket Primary School a faith school?
- No. Becket Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Becket Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Becket Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Becket Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Becket Primary School is part of KALEIDOSCOPE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Becket Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Becket Primary School compare with other schools in North Somerset?
- Becket Primary School ranked 43rd of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Becket Primary School's absence rate?
- Becket Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Becket Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Becket 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 2 July 2026.