Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary
Tout Hill, Wincanton, BA9 9DH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Danuta Girton
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Sponsor
- The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 147
- Pupils on roll
- 107
- URN
- 148953
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0196332660
About this school
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary is a Roman Catholic primary academy in Wincanton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 107 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 19 | 21 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 43% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 67% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 62% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 52% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary 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 | 37% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 139 |
| 2023/24 | 125 |
| 2024/25 | 128 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary compares
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary ranked 88th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 4.9% | 18% | 107 | — |
| Wincanton Primary School | 55% | 5% | 22% | 388 | 0.2 miles |
| Horsington Church School | 50% | 7.7% | 5.4% | 93 | 2.7 miles |
| St George's Church of England School, Bourton | 53% | 3.9% | 7.6% | 142 | 3.6 miles |
| Abbas and Templecombe Church School | 64% | 6.4% | 28.8% | 109 | 3.7 miles |
| Bruton Primary School | 71% | 5.3% | 10.6% | 262 | 4.4 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)
- 17.97%
- English as an additional language
- 25%
- Overall absence
- 4.93%
- Persistent absence
- 12.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wincanton Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Wincanton
-
Horsington Church School2.7 miles
Primary · Templecombe
-
St George's Church of England School, Bourton3.6 miles
Primary · Gillingham
-
Abbas and Templecombe Church School3.7 miles
Primary · Templecombe
-
Bruton Primary School4.4 miles
Primary · Bruton
Other schools in Wincanton
- Wincanton Primary School Primary
- King Arthur's School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary teach?
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wincanton.
- Who is the headteacher of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary?
- The headteacher of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary is Mrs Danuta Girton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary, 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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary?
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary has 107 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary full?
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary has capacity for 147 pupils and 107 on roll (73%), 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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary a faith school?
- Yes. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Clifton.
- Does Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary?
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary is part of THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary rank locally?
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary ranked 88th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary's absence rate?
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary'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 10 July 2026.