Lovington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Castle Cary · BA7 7PX
Data updated
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.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 12 October 2023. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 12 October 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
35 pupils · 58% of 60 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 13.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.lovingtonprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 151295
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 12 October 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.83 first-choice applications per place6 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Somerset school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
no data
no data
no data
no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 86% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Somerset 1%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
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
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 £49,808; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 40.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 40.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 9.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 79.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 16.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 59.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 44.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 4.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029166 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £565,00011 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £375,000–£756,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.
Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a 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