Paulton Junior School

Community school·Primary school Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset·BS39 7QY
Composite score
42.4
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#10,093
National rank
#1020
In South West
#37
In Bath and North East Somerset
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
257
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,026
Typical primary: £6,960

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Location

Paulton Junior School at a glance

Located in Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, Paulton Junior School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 257 pupils aged 7 to 11. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 15.7 pupils per teacher. Paulton Junior School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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