St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School
Primary · Wells · BA5 1TS
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.
Inspected 26 September 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
170 pupils · 88% of 194 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151584
In figures
Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 90% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Somerset 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Somerset 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Somerset 1%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
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 £50,033; 10% 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)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 33.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 14.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 73% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 12.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 24.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 8.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 27.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 16.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029080 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £300,000314 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £233,000–£375,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 9an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an urban school averages 6.1
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