Becket Primary SchoolCastle Batch Primary School Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Weston-super-Mare.

Summary of the comparison

Becket Primary School and Castle Batch Primary School Academy are primary schools in Weston-super-Mare.

  • Becket Primary School scores 40 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Castle Batch Primary School Academy scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Castle Batch Primary School Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Becket Primary School was judged Requires improvement and Castle Batch Primary School Academy 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 56.0% for Becket Primary School and 64.0% for Castle Batch Primary School Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Becket Primary School (53.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Castle Batch Primary School Academy (57.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Becket Primary School versus Castle Batch Primary School Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Weston-super-MareBecket Primary SchoolWeston-super-MareCastle Batch Primary School AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD40/100D53/100Stronger figure
Local ranking53rd of 63 in North Somerset 30th of 63 in North Somerset Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: GoodStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll186 434
Capacity252 415
LocationWeston-super-Mare, BS22 6DH Weston-super-Mare, BS22 7FN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard56.0% 64.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 3.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census186 434
Free school meals (ever 6)36.4% 12.0%
English as an additional language29.0% 8.3%
SEN support16.1% 10.8%
SEN with an EHC plan1.6% 8.5%
Attendance
Overall absence6.7% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.5% 6.9% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Becket Primary School

Castle Batch Primary School Academy

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