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Primary · TA8 · Somerset

Burnham-On-Sea Infant School

Winchester Road, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1JD

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Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance94.9%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils168

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in TA8. Where we have them, council (Somerset) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
168
Free school meals
19%
0.5% above district average (18.5%)

Also: Somerset 19.5% · England 24.7%

SEN
29.8%
10.3% above district average (19.5%)

Also: Somerset 16% · England 18.2%

EAL
8.9%
0.6% above district average (8.3%)
Attendance
94.9%
0.2% above district average (94.7%)

Also: Somerset 94.6% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
12.9%
Attainment
No KS2 at this school

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the TA8 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
240
Pupils on roll
168

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Somerset page.

SEN support

SEN %
29.8%
On-site provision
SEN unit · SLCN, MLD
Need types
SLCNMLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates