Blagdon Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bath Road, Blagdon, Bristol, BS40 7RW – View on map
- Phone: 01761462416
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Hannah Cunnane-Neilan
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 9 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.2%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.8% a year (North Somerset 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 90% moved to another school, 10% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Somerset: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Somerset, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 5.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the North Somerset average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 78% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 106
- Based on: 18 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 34th of 57 junior and primary schools in the area
- #32Mead Vale Community Primary School63%
- #33Court-De-Wyck Church School62%
- #34Blagdon Primary School61%
- =35Burrington Church of England Primary School60%
- =35Flax Bourton Church of England Primary School60%
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5th of 32 primary schools in North Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #3St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #5Blagdon Primary SchoolGood
- #6Castle Batch Primary School AcademyGood
- #7Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,926 (2024-25)
4th of 55 primary schools in North Somerset for spending per pupil
- #2Wraxall Church of England Primary School£7,986
- #3St Anne's Church Academy£7,944
- #4Blagdon Primary School£7,926
- #5Bournville Primary School£7,713
- #6Windwhistle Primary School£7,320
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