Stoberry Park School
North Road, Wells, BA5 2TJ
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Stoberry Park School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Shakesby
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 308
- Pupils on roll
- 311
- URN
- 132227
- Local authority
- Somerset
About this school
Stoberry Park School was a community primary school in Wells. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 311 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Stoberry Park School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2001, 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 43 | 50 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 54% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 84% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 68% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 76% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.00 | - | - |
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 Stoberry Park 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 | 49% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 326 |
| 2023/24 | 318 |
| 2024/25 | 311 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stoberry Park School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 5% | 17% | 311 | — |
| Stoberry Park School | — | — | — | 303 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School | 65% | 5.3% | 7.7% | 160 | 0.4 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School | — | — | — | 170 | 1.0 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School | — | 6.5% | 20.7% | 154 | 1.1 miles |
| Horrington Primary School | 57% | 4.8% | 15.5% | 100 | 1.4 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)
- 17.04%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.01%
- Persistent absence
- 10.55%
Location
Nearby schools
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Stoberry Park School0.0 miles
Primary · Wells
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St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wells
-
St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Wells
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St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School1.1 miles
Primary · Wells
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Horrington Primary School1.4 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
- Wookey Primary School Primary
- The Blue School Secondary
- Wells Cathedral School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Stoberry Park School teach?
- Stoberry Park School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Wells.
- Has Stoberry Park School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Stoberry Park 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 Stoberry Park School?
- Stoberry Park School had 311 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Stoberry Park School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Stoberry Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stoberry Park 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 9 July 2025.