Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 28 March 2023
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Exford Church of England First School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 3 July 2013. Ofsted inspected it again on 28 March 2023 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. As a Church of England school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when Exford Church of England First School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Somerset, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Church of England school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Exford Church of England First School had 26 pupils aged 4 to 9 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 60. It is a mixed school.
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