Castle Cary Community Primary School
Park Street, Castle Cary, BA7 7EH
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Castle Cary Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Martin
- Constituency
- Somerton and Frome
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 219
- URN
- 123640
- Local authority
- Somerset
About this school
Castle Cary Community Primary School was a community primary school in Castle Cary. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 219 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Castle Cary Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 39 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - |
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 Castle Cary Community Primary 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 | Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Castle Cary Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 26.5% | 219 | — |
| Castle Cary Community Primary School | 68% | 6.1% | 28.4% | 177 | 0.0 miles |
| North Cadbury Church of England Primary School | 90% | 4.9% | 23.2% | 100 | 2.8 miles |
| Ditcheat Primary School | 80% | 4% | 11.4% | 89 | 2.8 miles |
| Lovington Church of England Primary School | — | 3.9% | 20.7% | 35 | 2.9 miles |
| Bruton Primary School | 71% | 5.3% | 10.6% | 262 | 3.2 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.5%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 24.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Castle Cary Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Castle Cary
-
North Cadbury Church of England Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Yeovil
-
Ditcheat Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Shepton Mallet
-
Lovington Church of England Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Castle Cary
-
Bruton Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Bruton
Other schools in Castle Cary
- Castle Cary Community Primary School Primary
- Lovington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ansford Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Castle Cary Community Primary School teach?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Castle Cary.
- Has Castle Cary Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Castle Cary Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Castle Cary Community Primary School?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School had 219 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Castle Cary Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Castle Cary Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Castle Cary Community Primary 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 30 November 2023.