Schools in Wells
Wells has 12 schools administered by Somerset Council, serving the city and its surrounding villages including Coxley, Priddy, Wookey and Shepton Mallet fringes. Seven of the 12 schools hold a religious character, making faith criteria a significant factor in admissions decisions - particularly for families in the Cathedral Close area where Church of England schools are strongly represented.
The single secondary school, Wells Blue School, serves the majority of local children at secondary level, making it effectively the only community comprehensive for the area. At primary level one school is oversubscribed, and families should check exact catchment boundary maps before making applications. The city's historic status as a cathedral city means some church-aided primaries weight practising Christian families more heavily than community primaries do.
School demand in Wells
Across the 10 schools in Wells with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 82%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Wells have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
7 of the schools in Wells 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 Wells have a current Ofsted rating, of which 2 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Wells: 1 oversubscribed (10)
Coxley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wells · BA5 1RD
Priddy Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wells · BA5 3BE
Wookey Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wells · BA5 1LQ
St Lawrence's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wells · BA5 1HL
St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School
Primary · Academy converter
Wells · BA5 1TZ
Horrington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wells · BA5 3EB
St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wells · BA5 2QL
Croscombe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wells · BA5 3QL
Stoberry Park School
Primary · Academy converter
Wells · BA5 2TJ
St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Wells · BA5 1TS
Secondary Schools in Wells (1)
Other Schools in Wells (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wells 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.