Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Wellington · TA21 9DJ · Somerset
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 123705
Sampford Arundel Community Primary School
Community school · Wellington · TA21 9QN
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
43
Local authority
Somerset
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Wellington, Somerset, 43 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 30.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 123705
Location
- Address
- Sampford Arundel
- Postcode
- TA21 9QN
- Town
- Wellington
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 43
- Boys / girls
- 27 / 16
- School capacity
- 60
- Capacity fill
- 43 / 60 (72%)
- Free school meals
- 30.2%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Federation
- Wellington Area Rural Federation
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs J Collier
- Telephone
- 01823672342
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-12-09
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 56%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.8%
Persistent absence
9.1%
Unauthorised
0.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 44
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.2% · Persistent 4.7%
- 2021/22
- Overall 3.6% · Persistent 2.6%