Primary
Churchfield Church School
Burnham Road, Highbridge, TA9 3JF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 411 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 47.1
- Pupils per adult
- 9.2
- Pupils
- 435
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
November 2017
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
29%
17 points below the Highbridge average (46% across 4 schools)
100.0
2.0 below the Highbridge average (102.0 across 4 schools)
4th of 4 by our score, among the primary schools in Highbridge we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 98 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 29% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 20% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 29% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 97.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 98.0 |
Burnham Road, Highbridge, TA9 3JF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Somerset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Joanne Thorn
- Address
- Burnham Road, Highbridge, TA9 3JF
- Telephone
- 01278782743