Bowlish Infant School

Community school·Infant school Shepton Mallet, Somerset·BA4 5JQ

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Bowlish Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

86%

44 first choices, 39 places

First choices per place

1.13

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 39 places

Last place offered lived

0.68 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1099 m

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08

00.511.5

1 per place

1.3220221.0020231.0320241.0520251.132026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 113
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

8.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil

£7,557

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School Shepton Mallet · 0.6 mi 44.6 St Aldhelms Church School Shepton Mallet · 2.3 mi 47.4 Oakhill Church School Radstock · 2.6 mi 47.3 Horrington Primary School Wells · 3.0 mi 37.1 Evercreech Church of England Primary School Shepton Mallet · 3.7 mi 54.8 Stoke St Michael Primary School Radstock · 3.8 mi 21.4 Stoberry Park School Wells · 3.9 mi 28.6 St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School Wells · 4.1 mi 52.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Bowlish Infant School at a glance

Located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, Bowlish Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 113 pupils aged 4 to 7.

Competition for places is real here - 86% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (44 first choices for 39 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.68 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. Bowlish Infant 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.