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Axbridge Church of England First School Academy

PrimaryAges 2–9AcademyChurch of England

Axbridge, BS26 2BA · Somerset local authority

Axbridge’s School Grade C better than 31% of towns in England

Getting in
30/32
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
177 pupils
99% of its 179 places
Free school meals
17%
17 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Axbridge Church of England First School Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • 94% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (30 of 32)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BS26 2) sold for a median £365,000; Axbridge’s is £322,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Axbridge Church of England First School Academy?

94% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

32
families put it first for September 2026
30
places offered
94%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2026 (2). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Wessex Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Somerset council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.13 per place
85% got their first choice
Axbridge CofE First School
1.07 per place
94% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.79 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

181 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Axbridge Church of England First School Academy

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, November 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Axbridge Church of England First School Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BS26 2, the school’s postcode sector

Axbridge property prices →
£365,000
median sale, 179 sales in 36 months · Axbridge £322,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025BS26 2Axbridge
BS26 2Axbridge

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£525K
Semi-detached
£315K
Terraced
£295K
Flat
£171K
BS26 2Axbridge

Homes in BS26 2 sell for a little over Axbridge’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Axbridge, BS26 2BA

Nearby

Primary schools near Axbridge Church of England First School Academy

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Axbridge Church of England First School Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Axbridge Church of England First School Academy?

For September 2026, 32 families put Axbridge Church of England First School Academy first and 30 of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.

What is Axbridge Church of England First School Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2022).

How much do houses cost near Axbridge Church of England First School Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, BS26 2, sold for a median £365,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (179 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Axbridge’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.