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Voluntary controlled school · Somerset

St Lawrence's CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 55Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 123779URN

School Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Wells, BA5 1HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Somerset median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset

15 applications for 9 places

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 22 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
close to Somerset median (1.8) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

15 applications · 9 places offered · 9 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.7; Somerset median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.3; Somerset median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Somerset median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.5; Somerset median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.2; Somerset median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.4; Somerset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.3; Somerset median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.3; Somerset median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.3; Somerset median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.8; Somerset median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.3; Somerset median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.3; Somerset median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.8; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20269151.791.00
Sep 202510131.3101.00
Sep 202411171.6100.91
Sep 20238121.570.88
Sep 20226132.261.00
Sep 20219131.491.00
Sep 202012161.3131.08
Sep 20198101.381.00
Sep 2018492.341.00
Sep 20178141.881.00
Sep 201612151.3121.00
Sep 201511141.3100.91
Sep 201410181.8101.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Somerset median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/2467%17%106102
2022/23

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
123779 · 933/3119
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
90 pupils · 55 on roll
Free school meals
5.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
School Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Wells, BA5 1HL
Local authority
Somerset

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources