Cheddar First School
Hillfield, The Hayes, Cheddar, BS27 3HN
Nursery - Year 4 (ages 2-9)
PrimaryAcademy converterMixed
About the school
“At Cheddar First, we value and nurture individuality and inspire a life-long love of learning through our creative curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities. The school has a choir, school council, pupil and staff well-being groups.”
Established school - open since before 2020. Became an academy in April 2020, continuing the school that was already there.
Ofsted
Ofsted: Not judgedLast inspected 13 January 2025
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes
“Not judged” means there's no overall grade: Ofsted stopped giving single-word grades in September 2024. The full report shows how the school did in each area.
Admissions
Admissions policy on record: Not applicable
This school is its own admissions authority, meaning it sets and applies its own admissions criteria (rather than the local council).
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- Number of pupils
- 352
- Multi-academy trust
- Wessex Learning Trust
- Phone
- 01934742546
- Website
- cheddarfirstschool.co.uk