Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School, Glastonbury

From the headteacher's welcome: "Baltonsborough Church of England Primary School is an integral part of the small but perfectly formed village of Baltonsborough, four miles from Glastonbury. The school was built in 1998 and benefits from wonderfully maintained custom-built accommodation. It is light and airy, and an all-round beautiful place in which we can learn and play."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and recorder.

Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Baltonsborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 123740), 77% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 8 families put Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School as their first choice and 12 named it as one of their preferences, for 8 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School are Butleigh Church of England Primary School (1.6 miles); West Pennard Church of England Primary School (2.1 miles, Outstanding, 79% reading, 76% maths); Keinton Mandeville Primary School (2.8 miles, Good, 82% reading, 76% maths); and Elmhurst Junior School (3.6 miles).

Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School is one of 20 schools run by The Academies for Character and Excellence, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 10 pupils (14.3%) received SEN support and 1 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School had 6 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Greyhound Inn (w-bound), 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 3 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences and other crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Somerset (22).