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Croscombe Church of England Primary School

Primary · Wells · BA5 3QL

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 31 October 2023

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At a glance

42 pupils · 47% of 90 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://croscombeprimary.co.uk/
URN
150853

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 1 families named it first for 1 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 31 October 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 5% (Somerset 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Black African 2% (Somerset 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Somerset 1%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Somerset 0%, England 0%)

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)
8.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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

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
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,025; 0% 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£9,850
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £6,000; in-year balance +£56,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.7%62.3%
Social housing7%17.1%
Privately rented14.3%20.5%
Detached houses59.1%22.9%
Flats1.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029059 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£335,00025 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£265,000–£485,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£485,000
Terraced (8)£255,500

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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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