Free schools · Primary
Wellington · TA21 8FP · Somerset
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 123900
St John's Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Wellington · TA21 9EJ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
219
Local authority
Somerset
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Wellington, Somerset, 219 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 32%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Bath and Wells.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 123900
Location
- Address
- Priory
- Postcode
- TA21 9EJ
- Town
- Wellington
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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
- 219
- Boys / girls
- 105 / 114
- Free school meals
- 32%
- FSM pupils
- 70
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Oliver Priestley
- Telephone
- 01823662541
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-03-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 54%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
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
7.4%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Unauthorised
2.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 203
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 7.8% · Persistent 23.3%
- 2021/22
- Overall 9.0% · Persistent 29.7%