Wellesley Park Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Wellington, Somerset·TA21 9AJ
Composite score
53.5
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#6,002
National rank
#566
In South West
#46
In Somerset
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 22 places
Last place offered lived
1.07 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1714 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7320220.9120231.0020241.1720251.002026

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 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

School profile

Age range
0–11
Pupils on roll
299
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,368
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Wellesley Park Primary School is a primary school serving Wellington, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 299 pupils on roll. 59% 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 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Wellesley Park Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.07 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Wellesley Park Primary 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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