Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary

Academy converter·Primary school Wincanton, Somerset·BA9 9DH
Composite score
38.4
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#11,438
National rank
#1182
In South West
#112
In Somerset
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
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
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
13
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary 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
128
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,641
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary at a glance

Located in Wincanton, Somerset, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 128 pupils aged 4 to 11. 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 16.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary their first choice was offered one of its 7 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary 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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