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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary

Primary · Wincanton · BA9 9DH

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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 14 January 2025

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At a glance

107 pupils · 73% of 147 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
13.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.ourladyofmtcarmelschool.org.uk/
URN
148953

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its inspection on 14 January 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 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23
23/24
24/25
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 peers73.5%
Somerset average60.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School MalvernMalvern · 74 miles awayGood56%
Marden Primary AcademyHereford · 75 miles awayGood63%
Ashchurch Primary SchoolTewkesbury · 66 miles awayGood79%
St Joseph's RC Primary School and NurseryRoss-on-Wye · 59 miles awayGood71%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary AcademyHalifax · 186 miles awayGood95%
St Mary's Hampton Church of England PrimaryHampton · 91 miles awayGood76%
Lavant Primary SchoolChichester · 72 miles awayGood53%
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, BirtleyChester le Street · 267 miles awayOutstanding76%
St John's CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 109 miles awayGood93%
Victoria Road Primary SchoolNorthwich · 152 miles awayGood77%
Northaw Church of England Primary SchoolHertfordshire · 107 miles awayNo current grade44%
Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSt Albans · 100 miles awayExpected standard67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 14% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Black African 8% (Somerset 3%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Somerset 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Somerset 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Somerset 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Somerset 0%, England 2%)

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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.56 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
25.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 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 £53,426; 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 (2024-25)

This school£11,641
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 45% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 45% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£127,000; in-year balance +£96,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.7%62.3%
Social housing20.2%17.1%
Privately rented31.2%20.5%
Detached houses8.7%22.9%
Flats33.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029229 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£267,500306 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£190,000–£339,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (94)£362,500
Semi-detached (92)£271,000
Terraced (62)£236,000
Flat (58)£130,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
9a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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