Upton Noble CofE VC Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Shepton Mallet · BA4 6AU
Ages 2–11 · 161 pupils · Somerset
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
44%
Overall absence
6.7%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 144
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
161 pupils · 180 places
- Pupils on roll
- 161
- Boys / girls
- 84 / 77
- School capacity
- 180
- Capacity fill
- 161 / 180 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- FSM pupils
- 15
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 2–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Federation
- The Federation of Bruton Primary School, Ditcheat Primary School and Upton Noble Primary CofE VC School
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Bisset
Location
- Address
- Chapel Street, Upton Noble
- Postcode
- BA4 6AU
- Town
- Shepton Mallet
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, 161 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 9.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Bisset
- Telephone
- 01749850375