Primary school

Castle Cary Community Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Somerset
  • BA7 7EH
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Dec 2021

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 5,941 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 40%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 84%84%2016/17: top 74%2017/18: top 38%38% · 2017/182018/19: top 64%2022/23: top 64%2023/24: top 86%2024/25: top 40%No exams

Against South West

Expected standard, RWM68% · South West 62%7/10 Above
Higher standard, RWM10% · South West 6%7/10 Above
Reading score105 · South West 1054/10 Below
Maths score104 · South West 1044/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 37% · 35 pupils · South West 53%2016/17: 52% · 33 pupils · South West 62%2017/18: 71% · 34 pupils · South West 65%2018/19: 62% · 29 pupils · South West 66%2022/23: 56% · 39 pupils · South West 59%2023/24: 45% · 29 pupils · South West 61%2024/25: 68% · 31 pupils · South West 62%71%37%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 9% · 35 pupils · South West 4%2016/17: 12% · 33 pupils · South West 8%2017/18: 15% · 34 pupils · South West 8%2018/19: 14% · 29 pupils · South West 9%2022/23: 5% · 39 pupils · South West 6%2023/24: 3% · 29 pupils · South West 6%2024/25: 10% · 31 pupils · South West 6%15%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 35 pupils · South West 1032016/17: 103 · 33 pupils · South West 1042017/18: 107 · 34 pupils · South West 1052018/19: 103 · 29 pupils · South West 1052022/23: 105 · 39 pupils · South West 1052023/24: 104 · 29 pupils · South West 1052024/25: 105 · 31 pupils · South West 105107100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 35 pupils · South West 1032016/17: 104 · 33 pupils · South West 1042017/18: 105 · 34 pupils · South West 1042018/19: 104 · 29 pupils · South West 1052022/23: 103 · 39 pupils · South West 1042023/24: 101 · 29 pupils · South West 1042024/25: 104 · 31 pupils · South West 104105101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
21 of 21 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2121
2nd41
3rd20

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2023

  1. 2005Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2021Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026177
Free school meals (past 6 years)28.4%
First language not English3.6%
SEN support13.4%
EHC plan3.6%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils17.9%

Girls 51.5%Boys 48.5%

75% full · 236 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.6
Pupils per adult11.8
  • Classroom teachers 6.6
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 6.3
  • Other support 3.8

Teachers 8.6 FTE · Whole workforce 18.8 · 38 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,149
Spend per pupil£6,299
Staff spend per pupil£5,031
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£165,000in-year balance

Grants £6,923 · self-generated £227 · premises £289 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE (20 academies) · trust reserve £1,991,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it