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Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy

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personMrs Lorna Parle

corporate_fareWESSEX LEARNING TRUST

location_onHighbridge, TA9 4QA

language Visit Website phone 1278641262

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

160

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Highbridge, serving ages 2-9. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.0×) — apply through your local authority on time.

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School Summary

Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy is an academy converter in Highbridge, Somerset, admitting pupils aged 2-9. It is part of WESSEX LEARNING TRUST. The school has approximately 158 pupils on roll, of whom 10% are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.0× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 25.7:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

21 January 2025

Inspection Report

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10 October 2019

Inspection Report

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10 November 2016

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-01-21

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2012-10-11

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2011-06-15

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.3%(2 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 158 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	158	3	1.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	156	3	1.9%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	169	5	3.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	162	3	1.9%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	156	3	1.9%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	166	1	0.6%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	160	5	3.1%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	154	1	0.6%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	164	1	0.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	131	5	3.8%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	132	2	1.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	137	2	1.5%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	137	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	137	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	146	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	146	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	145	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	143	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	146	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	145	2	1.4%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	138	1	0.7%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	134	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	133	3	2.3%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	135	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	135	0	0.0%	0.4%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 3 pupils

Profound & Multiple Learning 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

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Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy

School Summary

Academic Performance

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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