St Gildas Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Yeovil, Somerset·BA21 4EG
Composite score
58.0
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#4,552
National rank
#413
In South West
#36
In Somerset
Top 31%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
22
any preference, for 11 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120221.0020230.7120241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put St Gildas Catholic 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
219
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
80.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
27.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,575
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Gildas Catholic Primary School

St Gildas Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Yeovil, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 219 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 29.0 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 31% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Gildas Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 27.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Gildas Catholic 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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