Birdwell Primary School

State-Funded School

birdwell-primary-school-north-somerset-south-west

South WestRegion

North SomersetLocal Authority

North SomersetConstituency

BS41 9AZPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Birdwell Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in North Somerset, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 427 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 2 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 79%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

427

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 427
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 21 October 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Dec 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.