Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
- 27 April 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry59 applications · 39 places offered · 44 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 1.8; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2022 2.0; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 1.5; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2020 2.1; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2019 2.0; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2017 1.8; Somerset median median 1.9
- 2016 2.3; Somerset median median 1.9
- 2015 1.6; Somerset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.6; Somerset median median 1.8
- This school
- Somerset median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 39 | 59 | 1.5 | 44 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 39 | 69 | 1.8 | 41 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 39 | 64 | 1.6 | 40 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 38 | 64 | 1.7 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 38 | 76 | 2.0 | 50 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2021 | 39 | 60 | 1.5 | 32 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 39 | 81 | 2.1 | 43 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 39 | 76 | 2.0 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 37 | 74 | 2.0 | 35 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 38 | 70 | 1.8 | 35 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 40 | 90 | 2.3 | 49 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2015 | 42 | 65 | 1.6 | 40 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 41 | 64 | 1.6 | 36 | 0.88 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bowlish Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place
- 0.9 km · SomersetRemains Good20241.2applications per place
- 1.0 km · SomersetGood202356%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · SomersetRequires improvement20233.0applications per place
- 3.7 km · SomersetRequires improvement20211.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · Somerset20262.3applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · SomersetRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · SomersetGood20211.8applications per place
- 6.1 km · SomersetRequires improvement20231.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 123672 · 933/2106
- Capacity
- 117 pupils · 114 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Bowlish, Wells Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5JQ
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources