St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School

Academy converter·Infant school Wells, Somerset·BA5 1TZ

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. 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

100%

39 first choices, 40 places

First choices per place

0.97

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 40 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020220.9120230.9520240.9720250.972026

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

Every child who put St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 172
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

20.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

7.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

19.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

27.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£3,076

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School Wells · 0.1 mi 27.0 St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School Wells · 0.6 mi 52.8 Stoberry Park School Wells · 1.0 mi 28.6 Coxley Primary School Wells · 1.6 mi 41.8 Wookey Primary School Wells · 1.6 mi 24.7 Horrington Primary School Wells · 2.5 mi 37.1 West Pennard Church of England Primary School Glastonbury · 4.4 mi 50.8 St Benedict's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School Glastonbury · 4.8 mi 44.1

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

St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School at a glance

Located in Wells, Somerset, St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 172 pupils aged 2 to 7.

St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 27.9 pupils per teacher. St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-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.