Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 21 March 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Merriott Primary School, URN 123654
- 9 June 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Merriott Primary School, URN 123654
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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 entry22 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Merriott Primary School (URN 123654), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 * | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 * | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 * | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 26 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 * | 17 | 24 | 1.4 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 18 | 31 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 28 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 * | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 28 | 54 | 1.9 | 36 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2014 * | 17 | 31 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 48% · Writing 65% · Maths 35% → all three 30% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Somerset median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 30% | 4% | 100 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 5% | 104 | 103 |
| 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
- Merriott Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · SomersetRemains Good20243.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · SomersetSpecial measures Inadequate20221.3applications per place
- 2.8 km · SomersetRequires improvement20232.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · SomersetNot yet inspected1.4applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · SomersetNot yet inspected2.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade202565%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · Somerset20261.5applications per place
- 4.2 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place
- 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
- 150069 · 933/2046
- Capacity
- 120 pupils · 126 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2024
- Replaced
- Merriott Primary School (URN 123654)
- Address
- Church Street, Merriott, TA16 5PT
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources