Wookey Primary School
Wells Road, Wookey, Wells, BA5 1LQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laurie Davies
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 93
- URN
- 123669
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01749673650
About this school
Wookey Primary School is a community primary school in Wells. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 93 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- 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 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 25% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 42% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | 42% | 46% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 58% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 98.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.30 | - | - |
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 Wookey 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 | 25% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 97 |
| 2024/25 | 94 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wookey Primary School compares
Wookey Primary School ranked 142nd of 155 primary schools in Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 6.3% | 25.5% | 93 | — |
| Coxley Primary School | 50% | 3.8% | 17.7% | 70 | 1.5 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School | — | 6.5% | 20.7% | 154 | 1.7 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School | — | — | — | 170 | 1.7 miles |
| St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School | 65% | 5.3% | 7.7% | 160 | 2.2 miles |
| St Lawrence's CofE Primary School | — | 5.2% | 9.6% | 55 | 2.4 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)
- 25.53%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.25%
- Persistent absence
- 19.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Coxley Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Wells
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St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School1.7 miles
Primary · Wells
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St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School1.7 miles
Primary · Wells
-
St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Wells
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St Lawrence's CofE Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Wells
Other schools in Wells
- Coxley Primary School Primary
- 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
- The Blue School Secondary
- Wells Cathedral School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Wookey Primary School teach?
- Wookey Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wells.
- Who is the headteacher of Wookey Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wookey Primary School is Mrs Laurie Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wookey Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wookey 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 Wookey Primary School?
- Wookey Primary School has 93 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wookey Primary School full?
- Wookey Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 93 on roll (89%), 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 Wookey Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wookey Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wookey Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wookey Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Wookey 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 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wookey Primary School rank locally?
- Wookey Primary School ranked 142nd of 155 primary schools in Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wookey Primary School's absence rate?
- Wookey Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wookey Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wookey 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.