Croscombe Church of England Primary School
Long Street, Croscombe, Wells, BA5 3QL
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Croscombe Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Partridge
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 34
- URN
- 123829
- Local authority
- Somerset
About this school
Croscombe Church of England Primary School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Wells. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 34 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Croscombe Church of England Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.20 | - |
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 Croscombe Church of England 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 | 54% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 34 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Croscombe Church of England Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 82% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 20.6% | 34 | — |
| Croscombe Church of England Primary School | — | 8.5% | 20% | 42 | 0.0 miles |
| Bowlish Infant School | — | 6.2% | 13.3% | 114 | 1.2 miles |
| Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery | — | 6.1% | 26.1% | 186 | 1.8 miles |
| St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School | 56% | 5.6% | 26.7% | 324 | 1.8 miles |
| Horrington Primary School | 57% | 4.8% | 15.5% | 100 | 2.1 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.6%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 4.4%
- Persistent absence
- 11.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Croscombe Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wells
-
Bowlish Infant School1.2 miles
Primary · Shepton Mallet
-
Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery1.8 miles
Primary · Shepton Mallet
-
St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School1.8 miles
Primary · Shepton Mallet
-
Horrington Primary School2.1 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
- Wookey Primary School Primary
- The Blue School Secondary
- Wells Cathedral School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Croscombe Church of England Primary School teach?
- Croscombe Church of England Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Wells.
- Has Croscombe Church of England Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Croscombe Church of England 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 Croscombe Church of England Primary School?
- Croscombe Church of England Primary School had 34 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Croscombe Church of England Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Croscombe Church of England Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Croscombe Church of England 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 31 August 2024.