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Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

PrimaryAges 2–9AcademyChurch of England

Draycott, BS27 3SD · Somerset local authority

Draycott’s School Grade C better than 31% of towns in England

Getting in
9/9
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
70 pupils
78% of its 90 places
Free school meals
10%
10 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (9 of 9)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BS27 3) sold for a median £360,995; Draycott’s is £400,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

9
families put it first for September 2026
9
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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. Wessex Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Somerset council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.07 per place
94% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Draycott & Rodney Stoke CofE First
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

74 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.

SEN support
10.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, May 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BS27 3, the school’s postcode sector

Draycott property prices →
£360,995
median sale, 425 sales in 36 months · Draycott £400,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025BS27 3Draycott
BS27 3Draycott

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£458K
Semi-detached
£325K
Terraced
£255K
Flat
£149K
BS27 3Draycott

Homes in BS27 3 sell for a little under Draycott’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

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBC−Draycott & Rodney Stoke Chu…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Draycott, BS27 3SD

Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School?

For September 2026, 9 families put Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School first and all of them were offered a place; 9 places were offered in all.

What is Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2023).

How much do houses cost near Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BS27 3, sold for a median £360,995 over the 36 months to August 2026 (425 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; Draycott’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.