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West Buckland Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 135Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145674URN

West Buckland, Wellington, TA21 9LD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Somerset median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset

30 applications for 16 places · 44th of 130 in Somerset
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
60%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 22 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 20 July 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
1.9applications per place, Reception
close to Somerset median (1.8) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

30 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Somerset median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.7; Somerset median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.7; Somerset median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.5; Somerset median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.6; Somerset median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.9; Somerset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.0; Somerset median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.7; Somerset median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.7; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.6; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.2; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.3; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Somerset median

Dashed bars: as West Buckland Community Primary School (URN 123712), the previous school.

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 202616301.9161.00
Sep 202512201.7100.83
Sep 202415251.7161.07
Sep 20238202.560.75
Sep 202215241.6130.87
Sep 202115291.9161.07
Sep 202014282.0130.93
Sep 201918311.7170.94
Sep 2018 *12322.7201.67
Sep 2017 *11292.6141.27
Sep 2016 *12262.2100.83
Sep 2015 *12292.4121.00
Sep 2014 *12272.3131.08

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 67% · Maths 80% → all three 60% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard60%73rd of 148 in Somerset
Reading
Expected standard73%
Higher standard47%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard67%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard80%
Higher standard40%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Somerset median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2560%7%106105
2023/2469%23%107107
2022/2357%7%107101

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145674 · 933/2226
Trust
Richard Huish Trust
Capacity
105 pupils · 135 on roll
Free school meals
8.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 May 2018
Replaced
West Buckland Community Primary School (URN 123712)
Address
West Buckland, Wellington, TA21 9LD
Local authority
Somerset

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources