Wincanton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Station Road, Wincanton, BA9 9EL – View on map
- Phone: 0196332132
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Graeme Wilson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 38 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 38 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: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 77
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 24.7% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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.
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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 49% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 65% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 60 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: 100th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =98St John and St Francis Church School56%
- =98St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School56%
- #100Wincanton Primary School55%
- =101Berrow Primary Church Academy54%
- =101St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater54%
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130th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #128West Monkton Church of England SchoolGood
- #129Westonzoyland Community Primary SchoolGood
- #130Wincanton Primary SchoolGood
- #131Winsham Primary SchoolGood
- #132Wiveliscombe Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,424 (2024-25)
130th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #128St Michael's Church of England First School£6,466
- #129St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater£6,431
- #130Wincanton Primary School£6,424
- #131Tatworth Primary School£6,423
- #132Thurlbear Church of England Primary School£6,406
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