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Horrington Primary School

Wells, BA5 3EB · Somerset · primary school

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Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2024 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Primary
1.7/10 Well below average

143rd of 156 primary schools in Somerset we can score, 219 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 4,210 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 1.4/10 among them, against 2.4/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 57.0 · 32 40% 1.29
Ofsted 3 35% 0.11
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 0.0 · 10 25% 0.26

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 57.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 0.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in March 2024. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 1.4 out of 10 among them, against 2.4 out of 10 nationally.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils join Chess, Multi-Sports, Creative Explorers Art, and Football Clubs. They play tennis, cricket, cross-country, swimming, gymnastics, and boccia, while attending dance workshops and pantomime. Trips visit Wells Cathedral, farms, railways, quarries, and castles. Both breakfast and after-school clubs are available.

Getting in. The school has 103 pupils in a capacity of 117 places, leaving 14 spare spots. This means the school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to move from the expected standard to the higher standard? What specific actions are being taken to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How do the breakfast and after-school clubs integrate with the main curriculum?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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