Castle Cary Community Primary School
Park Street, Castle Cary, BA7 7EH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amy Brouard
- Sponsor
- The Academy for Character and Excellence
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 177
- URN
- 150285
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Telephone
- 01963350520
About this school
Castle Cary Community Primary School is a primary academy in Castle Cary. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 177 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Castle Cary Community Primary School (URN 123640).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 |
Trends over time
How Castle Cary Community 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 194 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Castle Cary Community Primary School compares
Castle Cary Community Primary School ranked 46th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 6.1% | 28.4% | 177 | — |
| North Cadbury Church of England Primary School | 90% | 4.9% | 23.2% | 100 | 2.8 miles |
| Ditcheat Primary School | 80% | 4% | 11.4% | 89 | 2.8 miles |
| Lovington Church of England Primary School | — | 3.9% | 20.7% | 35 | 2.9 miles |
| Bruton Primary School | 71% | 5.3% | 10.6% | 262 | 3.2 miles |
| Evercreech Church of England Primary School | — | 7.8% | 25.9% | 198 | 4.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.35%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.05%
- Persistent absence
- 17.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
North Cadbury Church of England Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Yeovil
-
Ditcheat Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Shepton Mallet
-
Lovington Church of England Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Castle Cary
-
Bruton Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Bruton
-
Evercreech Church of England Primary School4.5 miles
Primary · Shepton Mallet
Other schools in Castle Cary
- Lovington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ansford Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Castle Cary Community Primary School teach?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Castle Cary.
- Who is the headteacher of Castle Cary Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Castle Cary Community Primary School is Mrs Amy Brouard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Castle Cary Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Castle Cary Community 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 Castle Cary Community Primary School?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School has 177 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Castle Cary Community Primary School full?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 177 on roll (75%), 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 Castle Cary Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Castle Cary Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Castle Cary Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Castle Cary Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Castle Cary Community Primary School?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School is part of THE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Castle Cary Community Primary School rank locally?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School ranked 46th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Castle Cary Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Castle Cary Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Castle Cary Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Castle Cary Community 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 3 July 2026.