Ashcott Primary SchoolBrookside Community Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Ashcott Primary School and Brookside Community Primary School are primary schools.

  • Ashcott Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Brookside Community Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Ashcott Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Ashcott Primary School was judged Good and Brookside Community Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 50.0% for Ashcott Primary School and 48.0% for Brookside Community Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Ashcott Primary School (69.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Brookside Community Primary School (58.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Ashcott Primary School versus Brookside Community Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BridgwaterAshcott Primary SchoolStreetBrookside Community Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC55/100Stronger figureD53/100
Local ranking64th of 209 in Somerset Stronger figure67th of 209 in Somerset
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll101 568
Capacity128 470
LocationBridgwater, TA7 9PP Street, BA16 0PR
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard50.0% Stronger figure48.0% 62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 8.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census101 568
Free school meals (ever 6)12.9% 17.1%
English as an additional language2.0% 5.6%
SEN support11.9% 7.8%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 10.0%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% Stronger figure4.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.3% Stronger figure11.6% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Ashcott Primary School

Brookside Community Primary School

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