Coxley Primary School
Harters Hill Lane, Coxley, Wells, BA5 1RD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hayley Hamblin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 70
- URN
- 123641
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01749672719
About this school
Coxley Primary School is a community primary school in Wells. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 70 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | - | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | - | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | - | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | - | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | - | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | - | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| 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 Coxley 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 | 38% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 68 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coxley Primary School compares
Coxley Primary School ranked 116th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 3.8% | 17.7% | 70 | — |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School | — | 6.5% | 20.7% | 154 | 1.5 miles |
| Wookey Primary School | 38% | 6.3% | 25.5% | 93 | 1.5 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School | — | — | — | 170 | 1.5 miles |
| St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School | 65% | 5.3% | 7.7% | 160 | 2.1 miles |
| Stoberry Park School | — | — | — | 303 | 2.5 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.65%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.83%
- Persistent absence
- 4.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School1.5 miles
Primary · Wells
-
Wookey Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Wells
-
St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School1.5 miles
Primary · Wells
-
St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Wells
-
Stoberry Park School2.5 miles
Primary · Wells
Other schools in Wells
- Croscombe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Horrington Primary School Primary
- Priddy Primary School Primary
- St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School Primary
- St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School Primary
- St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Lawrence's CofE Primary School Primary
- Stoberry Park School Primary
- Wookey Primary School Primary
- The Blue School Secondary
- Wells Cathedral School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Coxley Primary School teach?
- Coxley Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wells.
- Who is the headteacher of Coxley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Coxley Primary School is Mrs Hayley Hamblin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Coxley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coxley Primary 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 Coxley Primary School?
- Coxley Primary School has 70 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Coxley Primary School full?
- Coxley Primary School has capacity for 70 pupils and 70 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Coxley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Coxley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Coxley Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Coxley Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Coxley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coxley Primary School rank locally?
- Coxley Primary School ranked 116th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coxley Primary School's absence rate?
- Coxley Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coxley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coxley 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 June 2026.