Cannington Church of England Primary School
Cannington, TA5 2HP · Somerset local authority
Cannington’s School Grade D better than 6% of towns in England
What stands out about Cannington Church of England Primary School
- Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 20% of England’s primary schools
- 51% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11 points below England’s schools
- Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (26 of 26)
- Homes in its postcode sector (TA5 2) sold for a median £290,000; Cannington’s is £285,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 51%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 20% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Somerset avg 58%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Cannington Church of England Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Somerset council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Somerset council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Cannington and Somerset, side by side
2023–2025All 165 graded primaries in Somerset. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Cannington’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston CofE Primary School | A+ | 12% | 93% |
| Huish Episcopi Primary School | A+ | 18% | 87% |
| Kingfisher Primary School | A+ | 13% | 87% |
| Countess Gytha Primary School | A+ | 14% | 87% |
| Othery Village School | A+ | 19% | 87% |
| Stawley Primary School | A+ | 11% | 86% |
| Hambridge Community Primary School | A+ | 17% | 85% |
| Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School | A+ | 7% | 84% |
| Trull Church of England VA Primary School | A+ | 8% | 83% |
| North Cadbury Church of England Primary School | A+ | 17% | 83% |
| Kingsbury Episcopi Primary School | A | 13% | 81% |
| Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School | A | 14% | 81% |
| Walton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A | 19% | 79% |
| Manor Court Community Primary School | A | 31% | 78% |
| Kingsmoor Primary School | A | 17% | 77% |
| St Vigor & St John Church School | A | 13% | 77% |
| Neroche Primary School | A | 8% | 77% |
| Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School | A | 3% | 76% |
| North Curry CofE Primary School | A | 6% | 76% |
| South Petherton Junior School | A− | 23% | 75% |
| Curry Mallet Church of England Primary School | A− | 9% | 75% |
| Stogumber CofE Primary School | A− | 20% | 74% |
| Thurlbear Church of England Primary School | A− | 5% | 74% |
| Crowcombe CofE VA Primary School | A− | 16% | 73% |
| Enmore Church of England Primary School | A− | 8% | 73% |
| St Aldhelms Church School | A− | 13% | 73% |
| Abbas and Templecombe Church School | A− | 32% | 73% |
| Wiveliscombe Primary School | A− | 21% | 72% |
| The Redstart Primary School | A− | 21% | 72% |
| High Ham Church of England Primary School | A− | 15% | 71% |
| Middlezoy Primary School | A− | 0% | 71% |
| Northgate Primary School | A− | 29% | 71% |
| Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton | B+ | 13% | 70% |
| Norton Sub Hamdon Church School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Somerset Bridge Primary School | B+ | 27% | 69% |
| North Petherton Primary School | B+ | 16% | 69% |
| Winsham Primary School | B+ | 10% | 69% |
| Ash Church of England Primary School | B+ | 19% | 69% |
| Charlton Mackrell CofE Primary School | B+ | 11% | 68% |
| Puriton Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School | B+ | 11% | 68% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | B+ | 19% | 68% |
| Ashcott Primary School | B | 15% | 67% |
| Eastover Primary School | B | 27% | 67% |
| St Margaret's School, Tintinhull | B | 27% | 67% |
| St. Michael's Academy | B | 33% | 67% |
| Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School | B | 20% | 67% |
| All Saints Church School | B | 7% | 67% |
| Leigh On Mendip School | B | 10% | 67% |
| Ilchester Community School | B | 12% | 67% |
| Huish Primary School | B | 13% | 66% |
| Holy Trinity Church School | B | 6% | 66% |
| Bishops Hull Primary School | B | 17% | 66% |
| Ditcheat Primary School | B | 14% | 65% |
| Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary School | B | 1% | 65% |
| Selwood Academy | B | 21% | 65% |
| Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School | B | 16% | 65% |
| Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School | B | 9% | 65% |
| Long Sutton CofE Primary School | B− | 8% | 64% |
| Primrose Lane Primary School | B− | 13% | 64% |
| Keinton Mandeville Primary School | B− | 7% | 63% |
| Meare Village Primary School | B− | 23% | 63% |
| Parkfield Primary School | B− | 9% | 63% |
| Birchfield Community Primary School | B− | 28% | 63% |
| Bruton Primary School | B− | 10% | 63% |
| St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome | B− | 21% | 63% |
| West Pennard Church of England Primary School | B− | 10% | 62% |
| St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | B− | 9% | 62% |
| Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School | B− | 18% | 62% |
| West Buckland Primary School | B− | 8% | 62% |
| Milborne Port Primary School | B− | 21% | 62% |
| Oaklands Primary School | B− | 40% | 61% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater | B− | 9% | 61% |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge | B− | 26% | 61% |
| North Newton Community Primary School | C+ | 15% | 60% |
| Curry Rivel Church of England VC Primary School | C+ | 23% | 60% |
| St George's Catholic School | C+ | 7% | 60% |
| St John and St Francis Church School | C+ | 21% | 60% |
| Staplegrove Church School | C+ | 9% | 60% |
| North Town Academy | C+ | 11% | 59% |
| Ashill Community Primary School | C+ | 21% | 59% |
| Norton Fitzwarren Church School | C+ | 15% | 58% |
| Bishops Lydeard Church School | C+ | 23% | 58% |
| Hemington Primary School | C+ | 19% | 58% |
| East Coker Community Primary School | C | 13% | 57% |
| Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School | C | 15% | 57% |
| St Gildas Catholic Primary School | C | 7% | 57% |
| Priddy Primary School | C | 25% | 56% |
| Upton Noble CofE VC Primary School | C | 9% | 56% |
| St Benedict's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School | C | 33% | 56% |
| Brookside Community Primary School | C | 16% | 56% |
| St Andrew's Church Junior School | C | 22% | 56% |
| Hinton St George Church of England Primary School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Creech St Michael Church of England Primary School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Wellesley Park Primary School | C | 19% | 55% |
| Willowdown Primary School | C | 23% | 55% |
| Horsington Church School | C | 4% | 55% |
| Blackbrook Primary School | C | 14% | 55% |
| Catcott Primary School | C | 12% | 54% |
| Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School | C | 26% | 54% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | C | 32% | 54% |
| Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC Primary | C− | 13% | 53% |
| Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre | C− | 49% | 53% |
| Otterhampton Primary School | C− | 12% | 53% |
| Ruishton Church of England School | C− | 14% | 53% |
| Elmhurst Junior School | C− | 27% | 53% |
| Churchstanton Primary School | C− | 9% | 52% |
| Sampford Arundel Community Primary School | C− | 30% | 52% |
| St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School | C− | 26% | 52% |
| Tatworth Primary School | C− | 15% | 52% |
| Wellsprings Primary School | C− | 32% | 51% |
| Cannington Church of England Primary School | C− | 15% | 51% |
| Rockwell Green Church of England Primary School | C− | 28% | 51% |
| Cotford St Luke Primary School | C− | 15% | 51% |
| Woolavington Village Primary School | C− | 37% | 51% |
| Lyngford Park Primary School | C− | 25% | 51% |
| Kilmersdon Church School | C− | 16% | 51% |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | C− | 27% | 51% |
| St Lawrence's CofE Primary School | C− | 6% | 50% |
| West Monkton Church of England School | C− | 13% | 50% |
| Avanti Park School | C− | 16% | 50% |
| Fairlands Middle School | C− | 19% | 50% |
| Wincanton Primary School | C− | 20% | 49% |
| Beech Grove Primary School | C− | 24% | 49% |
| Milford Junior School | C− | 31% | 49% |
| Stoberry Park School | C− | 15% | 49% |
| Butleigh Church of England Primary School | C− | 22% | 48% |
| Westonzoyland Community Primary School | D | 24% | 47% |
| Horrington Primary School | D | 13% | 47% |
| Castle Primary School | D | 29% | 47% |
| Coxley Primary School | D | 11% | 46% |
| Hamp Academy | D | 48% | 46% |
| Shepton Beauchamp Church School | D | 17% | 46% |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary | D | 13% | 46% |
| Oakhill Church School | D | 18% | 45% |
| Spaxton CofE Primary School | D | 14% | 45% |
| Holway Park Community Primary School | D | 35% | 44% |
| Herne View Church of England Primary | D | 21% | 44% |
| Pawlett Primary School | D | 23% | 44% |
| Wembdon St George's Church School | D | 15% | 43% |
| Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School | D | 24% | 42% |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School | D | 25% | 42% |
| Chilthorne Domer Church School | D | 13% | 41% |
| King Ina Church of England Academy | D | 26% | 41% |
| West Huntspill Primary School | D | 36% | 41% |
| Oakfield Academy | D | 32% | 40% |
| Bridgwater College Academy | D | 36% | 40% |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | D | 32% | 40% |
| Evercreech Church of England Primary School | D | 22% | 40% |
| Martock Church School | D | 23% | 40% |
| St Andrew's Church School | D | 14% | 39% |
| Dulverton Junior School | D− | 41% | 38% |
| St James Church School | D− | 21% | 38% |
| East Huntspill Primary School | D− | 21% | 38% |
| Minehead Middle School | D− | 27% | 36% |
| Stogursey Church of England Primary School | D− | 29% | 36% |
| St Mary's & St Peter's Church School | D− | 62% | 36% |
| Wookey Primary School | D− | 25% | 34% |
| Avishayes Community Primary School | D− | 31% | 33% |
| Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School | D− | 8% | 33% |
| Priorswood Primary School | D− | 31% | 31% |
| Churchfield Church School | D− | 46% | 29% |
| Langford Budville Church of England Primary School | D− | 31% | 26% |
| Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School | D− | 43% | 23% |
| West Coker CofE VC Primary School | D− | 63% | 22% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025164 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Cannington Church of England Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), October 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), September 2023.
Living near Cannington Church of England Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in TA5 2, the school’s postcode sector
Cannington property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in TA5 2 sell for about the same as Cannington’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
1 state schoolLocation
Directions ↗Cannington, TA5 2HP
Cannington Church of England Primary School: common questions
Is Cannington Church of England Primary School a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 20% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 51% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024.
How hard is it to get into Cannington Church of England Primary School?
For September 2026, 26 families put Cannington Church of England Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 26 places were offered in all.
What is Cannington Church of England Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (October 2024).
How much do houses cost near Cannington Church of England Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, TA5 2, sold for a median £290,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (326 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Cannington’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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