Ashill Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: School Road, Ashill, Ilminster, TA19 9ND – View on map
- Phone: 01823480637
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Ruell
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 1 family put it first for 1 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 7 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.2%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 48.6% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Somerset: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Somerset, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 8.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 102
- Based on: 6 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 45th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =43Castle Cary Community Primary School68%
- =43Enmore Church of England Primary School68%
- =45Ashill Community Primary School67%
- =45Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School67%
- =45Curry Rivel Church of England VC Primary School67%
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9th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #7Ash Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #8Ashcott Primary SchoolGood
- #9Ashill Community Primary SchoolGood
- #10Avanti Park SchoolGood
- #11Axbridge Church of England First School AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,024 (2024-25)
60th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #58Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School£8,266
- #59Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School£8,043
- #60Ashill Community Primary School£8,024
- #61St Margaret's School, Tintinhull£8,015
- #62Mells Church First School£7,966
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