Moorham Road, Winscombe, Somerset BS25 1HH
10 reasons to choose Winscombe Primary School
Top line
Winscombe Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Winscombe and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Winscombe Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 16 members of Wessex Learning Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Winscombe Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Winscombe Primary School ranks in the top 26% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average.
The Winscombe Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately and co-ordinated by topic, with some cross-curricular linking. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Winscombe Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Winscombe Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Winscombe Primary School
Sidcot School, Junior School (0.9 miles); Fairfield School (10 miles).
Sandford Primary School (1.6 miles); Ubley Church of England Primary School (8.6 miles); St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Burnham-on-Sea (11.2 miles).
Sidcot School (0.9 miles); Mark College (8.7 miles); Wells Cathedral School (13.3 miles).
Churchill Academy (2.6 miles); The Kings of Wessex Academy (5 miles); Priory Community School (5.7 miles).