St John's Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Priory, Wellington, TA21 9EJ – View on map
- Phone: 01823662541
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Oliver Priestley
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 27 places – 10 for every 10 places. 96% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
219 pupils on roll
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 70
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.0%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.4% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Somerset: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Somerset, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 52% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 61% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 103
- Based on: 31 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 109th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =103Woolavington Village Primary School53%
- =109Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School52%
- =109St John's Church of England Primary School52%
- =109St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome52%
- =112Ashcott Primary School50%
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100th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #98St George's Catholic SchoolGood
- #99St John and St Francis Church SchoolGood
- #100St John's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #101St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BridgwaterGood
- #102St Lawrence's CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,043 (2024-25)
98th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #96North Cadbury Church of England Primary School£7,051
- #97Primrose Lane Primary School£7,051
- #98St John's Church of England Primary School£7,043
- #99Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School£7,025
- #100West Buckland Primary School£7,013
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