Kilmersdon Church School

About Kilmersdon Church School

Kilmersdon Church School is a small Church of England primary in Somerset, with 119 pupils on roll against a capacity of 189. In the local authority’s primary landscape — which includes 219 schools of the same type — it sits well outside the top tier. The highest-ranked peers in the area are Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School, followed by Kingfisher Primary School and Preston CofE Primary School, all of which score significantly higher on the local ranking measure. Kilmersdon’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2024, rated the school Requires Improvement overall, a drop from its previous Good rating in 2014. The inspection found that the quality of education and leadership and management both require improvement, though behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision were all judged Good. The school serves a community where 20.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, slightly above the national average for primary schools.

Academically, the school’s performance data is limited in the available records, but the local context provides a benchmark. The Somerset local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment is 59, meaning the typical pupil in the area meets the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kilmersdon’s own KS2 results are not provided here, so it is not possible to say whether the school matches or falls short of that LA average. The Ofsted report from 2024 flagged the quality of education as requiring improvement, which suggests that academic outcomes may not yet be consistently strong across all year groups. The school does not have a sixth form, as it is a primary-only setting, and there is no nursery provision on site. Parents considering the school will want to look closely at the most recent SATs results and compare them with the LA average to get a clearer picture of how pupils here perform against their peers in Somerset.

On the practical side, Kilmersdon offers a range of facilities including a dining hall, ICT suite, sports hall, sensory room, chapel and a Forest School area, which supports outdoor learning. Sports on offer include cross country, tennis, cricket, dance, gymnastics, athletics and swimming, and there are clubs for coding, chess, science and choir. The school has a broad SEND offer, with provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 31 applications were received for 18 places, with 15 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.72. This suggests strong local demand despite the Requires Improvement rating. Families who value a Church of England ethos, small class sizes and a wide range of extracurricular activities may find it a good fit, though those prioritising top academic outcomes may want to compare results with higher-ranked local alternatives.

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