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Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School

Primary school · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · Mixed

Ham Street, Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, BA6 8PX

  • Pupils70
  • Ages4 to 11
  • Latest Ofsted15 Nov 2023
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 15 Nov 2023

This inspection was of a predecessor school (Baltonsborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School), before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement

  • Quality of educationRequires improvement
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementRequires improvement
  • Early years provisionGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 13 Dec 2023

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
70 (capacity 105)
37 girls, 33 boys
Eligible for free school meals
24.3% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy converter (Academies)
Phase
Primary
Trust
THE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE
Sponsor
The Academy for Character and Excellence
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Diocese
Diocese of Bath and Wells
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 March 2025
Local authority
Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton
URN
151282 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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Admissions

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