Hamp Nursery and Infants' School
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Hamp Nursery and Infants' School is a council school in Bridgwater for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 234 pupils, 54 more than it has places for. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 11 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 2% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Hamp Nursery and Infants School, Rhode Lane, Bridgwater, TA6 6JB01278 422012hampnurseryandinfantschool.co.ukMrs Mary Weatherburn headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 19 April 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
121 places were empty (40% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 18% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Somerset council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (27), emotional and mental health (20), Other difficulty or disability (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Hearing impairment (1), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 234 | 256 | 273 | 230 | 248 | 255 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 21% | 23% | 28% | 37% | 37% | 38% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 21% | 22% | 21% | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 28% | 26% | 43% | 67% | 70% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 8.1% | 9.8% | 9.7% | 9.4% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 5.7% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 7.9% | 3.8% | 3.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.4% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.3% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 23.0% | 31.2% | 31.0% | 35.2% | 15.2% | 13.7% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamp Academy | Academy | 140 m | 307 | Good 2022 | 8 | Compare |
| Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre | Academy | 960 m | 382 | Report card 2026 | 12 | Compare |
| Somerset Bridge Primary School | Council | 990 m | 407 | Good 2024 | 79 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater | Academy | 0.8 miles | 199 | Good 2019 | 43 | Compare |
| Northgate Primary School | Free school | 0.8 miles | 258 | Report card 2026 | 67 | Compare |
| Eastover Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 403 | Good 2023 | 54 | Compare |
| St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 490 | Good 2019 | 43 | Compare |
| St John and St Francis Church School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 421 | Good 2022 | 42 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Hamp Nursery and Infants' School with the 45 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 45 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 11 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 11% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 5 to 26. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old) | in line | +0.02 | Ofsted grade, 3.4 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | well below | -0.33 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | well below | -0.35 | 2024/25; 135 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Hamp Nursery and Infants' School a good school?
The figures are weak. Hamp Nursery and Infants' School scores 11 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 2% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 5 to 26, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Hamp Nursery and Infants' School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hamp Nursery and Infants' School good at its last full inspection on 19 April 2023.
How many pupils does Hamp Nursery and Infants' School have?
234 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 130% full.
Is Hamp Nursery and Infants' School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 121 places were empty in 2024/25 (40% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Hamp Nursery and Infants' School?
Pupils were in school 92.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 23% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Hamp Nursery and Infants' School?
The average class had 24.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hamp Nursery and Infants School, Rhode Lane, Bridgwater, TA6 6JB
- Telephone
- 01278 422012
- Website
- www.hampnurseryandinfantschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Mary Weatherburn
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Ward
- Bridgwater South
- Constituency
- Bridgwater
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 123681 · LAESTAB 9332157 · UKPRN 10072786
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.