Wincanton Primary School
Primary schoolWincanton Primary School is a primary school in Somerset, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 388 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 26 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 55% of pupils at Wincanton Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Somerset and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic PrimaryPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- King Arthur's SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 38.8 (2025/26, provisional)930 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Somerset
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).