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Dulverton Junior School

Primary · Dulverton · TA22 9EN

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 June 2025

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At a glance

37 pupils · 31% of 120 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
40.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.moorlandfed.co.uk/schools/dulverton-junior-school-somerset
URN
123871

In figures

At its inspection on 3 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

17 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers38%
Somerset average60.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Trannack Primary SchoolHelston · 98 miles awayGood13%
Terrington St John Primary SchoolWisbech · 199 miles awayGood33%
Great Ponton Church of England SchoolGrantham · 177 miles awayGood33%
West Alvington Church of England AcademyKingsbridge · 53 miles awayGood63%
Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary SchoolNewbury · 100 miles awayGood33%
Withington Primary SchoolHereford · 82 miles awayGood21%
Walpole Highway Primary SchoolWisbech · 198 miles awayGood71%
Walpole Cross Keys Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 201 miles awayGood50%
Hilgay Riverside AcademyDownham Market · 198 miles awayGood60%
St William's Catholic Primary School, PillingPreston · 201 miles awayGood14%
Faldingworth Community Primary SchoolMarket Rasen · 208 miles awayGood43%
Hemington Primary SchoolDerby · 157 miles awayGood50%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
1 of 8 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (Somerset 81%, England 60%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

31.82 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Somerset: 3.60 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
10.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,398; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£13,113
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 11% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£346,692; in-year balance -£80,919

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health42%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.5%62.3%
Social housing21.1%17.1%
Privately rented16.4%20.5%
Detached houses42.5%22.9%
Flats9.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029328 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£335,00045 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£185,000–£440,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£437,500
Semi-detached (8)£321,000
Terraced (8)£210,000
Flat (7)£136,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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