Midsomer Norton Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset·BA3 2DR
Composite score
54.2
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#5,743
National rank
#530
In South West
#22
In Bath and North East Somerset
Top 39%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9020231.0020240.9620250.962026

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

Every child who put Midsomer Norton Primary 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
270
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,507
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Midsomer Norton Primary School

Midsomer Norton Primary School is a primary school in Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 270 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Midsomer Norton Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. Midsomer Norton 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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