St Francis Catholic Primary School

North Somerset · BS48 4PD

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 142 pupils, 15.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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St Francis Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Station Road, Nailsea, BS48 4PD – View on map
Phone: 01275855373
Headteacher: Mr Tim Purser
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

142 pupils out of 210 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
% eligible for free school meals: 15.5%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the North Somerset average)
English as an additional language: 22% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 23.7% a year (North Somerset 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 5.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 13.9%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the North Somerset average (63%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 73% against an expected 70%)
3-year average (expected standard): 73%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 76% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
Based on: 29 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

This schoolNorth Somerset averageEngland↘ Falling Down 14 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 6 percentage points above the North Somerset average (63%).

Year 6 SATs: 20th of 57 junior and primary schools in the area

=18St Anne's Church Academy70%
=18St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School70%
#20St Francis Catholic Primary School69%
=21Northleaze Church of England Primary School68%
=21Portishead Primary School68%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Tickenham Church of England Primary School88%
#2St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Portbury86%
=3Birdwell Primary School84%
=3St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School84%
#5St Andrew's CofE Primary School83%
#6Golden Valley Primary School81%
=7Mary Elton Primary School79%
=7St Peter's Church of England Primary School79%
#9Uphill Village Academy78%
=10Oldmixon Primary School77%
=10Yeo Moor Primary School77%
=12Churchill Church of England Primary School75%
=12Sandford Primary School75%
=14Herons' Moor Academy73%
=14Worle Village Primary School73%
=16Haywood Village Academy72%
=16High Down Junior School72%
=18St Anne's Church Academy70%
=18St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School70%
#20St Francis Catholic Primary School69%
=21Northleaze Church of England Primary School68%
=21Portishead Primary School68%
=23St Georges Church School67%
=23St John the Evangelist Church School67%
#25Winscombe Primary School66%
#26Grove Junior School65%
=27Backwell Church of England Junior School64%
=27Castle Batch Primary School Academy64%
=27St Martin's Church of England Primary School64%
=27Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School64%
=27Wraxall Church of England Primary School64%
#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%
=35Yatton Church of England Junior School60%
=38Banwell Primary School59%
=38Worlebury St Pauls Church School59%
#40Mendip Green Primary School58%
=41Christ Church Church of England Primary School57%
=41Locking Primary School57%
#43Becket Primary School56%
#44Ashcombe Primary School55%
=45Milton Park Primary School54%
=45Wrington Church of England Primary School54%
=47All Saints Church of England Primary School53%
=47Dundry Church of England Primary School53%
#49Walliscote Primary School49%
#50Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School48%
#51Parklands Educate Together Primary47%
#52Winford Church of England Primary School45%
#53Windwhistle Primary School42%
#54Crockerne Church of England Primary School40%
#55Hutton Church of England Primary School38%
#56Kingshill Church School32%
#57Bournville Primary School24%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,490 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

22nd of 55 primary schools in North Somerset for spending per pupil

#20Worle Village Primary School£6,552
#21Sandford Primary School£6,546
#22St Francis Catholic Primary School£6,490
#23St Martin's Church of England Primary School£6,431
#24Court-De-Wyck Church School£6,430

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Kingshill Church School£9,563
#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
#7Mead Vale Community Primary School£7,310
#8St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Portbury£7,300
#9Dundry Church of England Primary School£7,292
#10Castle Batch Primary School Academy£7,037
#11Tickenham Church of England Primary School£7,034
#12Becket Primary School£6,953
#13St Andrew's CofE Primary School£6,887
#14Locking Primary School£6,885
#15St Georges Church School£6,812
#16St Peter's Church of England Primary School£6,721
#17Banwell Primary School£6,717
#18Oldmixon Primary School£6,658
#19Christ Church Church of England Primary School£6,565
#20Worle Village Primary School£6,552
#21Sandford Primary School£6,546
#22St Francis Catholic Primary School£6,490
#23St Martin's Church of England Primary School£6,431
#24Court-De-Wyck Church School£6,430
#25All Saints Church of England Primary School£6,397
#26Birdwell Primary School£6,394
#27Burrington Church of England Primary School£6,369
#28Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School£6,364
#29Crockerne Church of England Primary School£6,340
#30Portishead Primary School£6,305
#31Milton Park Primary School£6,270
#32Hutton Church of England Primary School£6,246
#33Parklands Educate Together Primary£6,159
#34Flax Bourton Church of England Primary School£6,155
#35Mendip Green Primary School£6,135
#36Winford Church of England Primary School£6,124
#37Chestnut Park Primary£6,097
#38Walliscote Primary School£6,049
#39Worlebury St Pauls Church School£5,978
#40Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School£5,861
#41St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School£5,826
#42Churchill Church of England Primary School£5,804
#43Winscombe Primary School£5,799
#44Uphill Village Academy£5,795
#45Ashcombe Primary School£5,782
#46Haywood Village Academy£5,773
#47St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School£5,769
#48Mary Elton Primary School£5,728
#49St John the Evangelist Church School£5,722
#50Golden Valley Primary School£5,645
#51Wrington Church of England Primary School£5,616
#52Yeo Moor Primary School£5,465
#53Herons' Moor Academy£5,426
#54Northleaze Church of England Primary School£5,422
#55St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£4,023

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