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Wedmore First School Academy

PrimaryAges 2–9Academy

Blackford, BS28 4BS · Somerset local authority

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Getting in
23/23
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
193 pupils
92% of its 210 places
Free school meals
11%
11 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Wedmore First School Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (23 of 23)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BS28 4) sold for a median £565,000; Blackford’s is £721,250
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Wedmore First School Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

23
families put it first for September 2026
23
places offered
100%
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: 2021 (1). 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

1.07 per place
94% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Wedmore First School
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
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

184 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
3.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

No letter for Wedmore 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 (no overall grade since September 2024), June 2025. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), March 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Wedmore First School Academy

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

Home prices in BS28 4, the school’s postcode sector

Blackford property prices →
£565,000
median sale, 124 sales in 36 months · Blackford £721,250

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025BS28 4
BS28 4Blackford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£650K
Semi-detached
£400K
Terraced
£443K
Flat
£198K
BS28 4Blackford

Homes in BS28 4 sell for well under Blackford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

1 state school
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBWedmore First School Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Blackford, BS28 4BS

Wedmore First School Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Wedmore First School Academy?

For September 2026, 23 families put Wedmore First School Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 23 places were offered in all.

What is Wedmore First School Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (June 2025).

How much do houses cost near Wedmore First School Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, BS28 4, sold for a median £565,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (124 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; Blackford’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.

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