Paulton Junior School
Plumptre Close, Paulton, BS39 7QY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Rawlings
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 238
- URN
- 109089
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01761418137
About this school
Paulton Junior School is a community primary school in Paulton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 238 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 72 | 73 | 69 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 56% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 3% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 74% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 73% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 68% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Paulton Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bath and North East Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 277 |
| 2023/24 | 267 |
| 2024/25 | 257 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Paulton Junior School compares
Paulton Junior School ranked 35th of 53 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 4.3% | 19.5% | 238 | — |
| Paulton Infant School | — | 4.3% | 15.9% | 148 | 0.0 miles |
| High Littleton CofE VC Primary School | 70% | 3.2% | 13% | 184 | 1.2 miles |
| Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School | 60% | 3.8% | 6.5% | 84 | 1.2 miles |
| Longvernal Primary School | 81% | 3.8% | 18.9% | 203 | 1.3 miles |
| Midsomer Norton Primary School | 78% | 5.6% | 26.5% | 256 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.46%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.28%
- Persistent absence
- 8.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Paulton Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
High Littleton CofE VC Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Longvernal Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Radstock
-
Midsomer Norton Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Radstock
Common questions
- What year groups does Paulton Junior School teach?
- Paulton Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Paulton.
- Who is the headteacher of Paulton Junior School?
- The headteacher of Paulton Junior School is Mrs Sally Rawlings, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Paulton Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Paulton Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Paulton Junior School?
- Paulton Junior School has 238 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Paulton Junior School full?
- Paulton Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 238 on roll (66%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Paulton Junior School a faith school?
- No. Paulton Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Paulton Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Paulton Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Paulton Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Paulton Junior School rank locally?
- Paulton Junior School ranked 35th of 53 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Paulton Junior School's absence rate?
- Paulton Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Paulton Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Paulton Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.