Graded inspection · May 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 10 May 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, URN 123840
- 11 March 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, URN 123840
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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 entry20 applications · 14 places offered · 9 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.4; Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2024 1.3; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2023 1.3; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.4; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as St Benedict's Catholic Primary School (URN 123840), 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 | 20 | 1.4 | 9 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2025 * | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 * | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 22 | 30 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 41 | 1.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 * | 29 | 46 | 1.6 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 * | 29 | 56 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2014 * | 21 | 29 | 1.4 | 20 | 0.95 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20231.4applications per place
- 0.7 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20231.5applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Bath and North East SomersetOutstanding20232.0applications per place
- 1.3 km · Bath and North East Somerset20262.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good20231.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Bath and North East SomersetStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20231.7applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · SomersetRequires improvement20242.4applications per place
- 2.4 km · Bath and North East SomersetRemains Good20241.8applications per place 37%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151805 · 933/3358
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 120 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2025
- Replaced
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School (URN 123840)
- Address
- Charlton Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BD
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources