Ashlands Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL – View on map
- Phone: 0146073437
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Nicola Ball
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 12 families put it first for 12 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: 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 35
- % eligible for free school meals: 24.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.5% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 56% moved to another school, 44% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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: 6.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 55% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- Based on: 38 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 112th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =109St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome52%
- =112Ashcott Primary School50%
- =112Ashlands Church of England Primary School50%
- =112Castle Primary School50%
- =112Coxley Primary School50%
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134th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #132Wiveliscombe Primary SchoolGood
- #133Woolavington Village Primary SchoolGood
- #134Ashlands Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #135Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #136Barwick and Stoford Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,982 (2024-25)
102nd of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #100West Buckland Primary School£7,013
- #101Lympsham Church of England Academy£7,000
- #102Ashlands Church of England Primary School£6,982
- #103North Curry CofE Primary School£6,910
- #104St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School£6,865
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