Schools in Wellington
Wellington in Somerset has 12 schools in the catchment.school database, with 10 primaries, 1 secondary and 1 special school, all coordinated by Somerset Council. Court Fields School is the town's single comprehensive secondary, drawing pupils from Wellington itself and the surrounding Somerset villages. Four of the 12 schools are academies, with the remaining schools following Somerset Council's standard admissions framework.
Five of the schools have a Church of England designation, reflecting the rural Somerset parish structure in which many village primaries are linked to their local church. The average fill rate across Wellington schools with published capacity data is 82%, and two schools are currently at or above their admission number. Somerset Council publishes annual catchment maps and last-distance-offered data each January for applications due in the following October.
School demand in Wellington
Across the 11 schools in Wellington with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 82%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Wellington have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
4 of the schools in Wellington are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Somerset, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Wellington have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Wellington: 2 oversubscribed (10)
Sampford Arundel Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wellington · TA21 9QN
Stawley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wellington · TA21 0HH
Beech Grove Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wellington · TA21 8NE
Langford Budville Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wellington · TA21 0RD
Rockwell Green Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wellington · TA21 9DJ
St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wellington · TA21 9EJ
Wellesley Park Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wellington · TA21 9AJ
West Buckland Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wellington · TA21 9LD
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Wellington · TA21 8FP
Webber's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wellington · TA21 0PE
Secondary Schools in Wellington (1)
Other Schools in Wellington (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wellington are set by Somerset and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.