Uphill Village Academy
Old Church Road, Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4XH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Hodder
- Sponsor
- Cabot Learning Federation
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 309
- URN
- 148160
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934626769
About this school
Uphill Village Academy is a primary academy in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 309 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. 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 44 | 46 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 59% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 4% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 80% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 83% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 65% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.70 | - | - |
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 Uphill Village 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 | 59% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 316 |
| 2023/24 | 316 |
| 2024/25 | 312 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Uphill Village Academy compares
Uphill Village Academy ranked 9th of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 4.3% | 15.4% | 309 | — |
| Windwhistle Primary School | 42% | 9% | 46.3% | 331 | 0.8 miles |
| Oldmixon Primary School | 77% | 6.3% | 46.3% | 223 | 1.1 miles |
| Bournville Primary School | 24% | 7.1% | 57.1% | 494 | 1.1 miles |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | 48% | 5.3% | 8.6% | 194 | 1.3 miles |
| Walliscote Primary School | 49% | 7.4% | 32.7% | 275 | 1.5 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)
- 15.38%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.27%
- Persistent absence
- 8.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Windwhistle Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Oldmixon Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Bournville Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Walliscote Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Weston-Super-Mare
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
Uphill Village Academy ranks 1st 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
- Herons' Moor Academy Primary
- Hutton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kewstoke Primary School Primary
- Locking Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Uphill Village Academy teach?
- Uphill Village Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the headteacher of Uphill Village Academy?
- The headteacher of Uphill Village Academy is Mrs Samantha Hodder, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Uphill Village Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Uphill Village 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 Uphill Village Academy?
- Uphill Village Academy has 309 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Uphill Village Academy full?
- Uphill Village Academy has capacity for 315 pupils and 309 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Uphill Village Academy a faith school?
- No. Uphill Village Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Uphill Village Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Uphill Village Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Uphill Village Academy?
- Uphill Village 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 Uphill Village 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 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Uphill Village Academy rank locally?
- Uphill Village Academy ranked 9th of 57 primary schools in North Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Uphill Village Academy's absence rate?
- Uphill Village Academy's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Uphill Village Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Uphill Village 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 10 July 2026.