Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: South View, Barwick, Yeovil, BA22 9TH – View on map
- Phone: 01935476736
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Cawley (Interim Head)
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 25
- % eligible for free school meals: 43.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.7% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
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: 9% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 50 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 23% against an expected 47%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 23%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 64% · Writing 9% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 45%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 100
- Based on: 11 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: 149th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- #147Bridgwater College Academy25%
- #148Langford Budville Church of England Primary School13%
- #149Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School9%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
122nd of 138 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #120Ashlands Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #121Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #122Barwick and Stoford Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #123Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #124Castle Cary Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £10,779 (2024-25)
23rd of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #21Merriott Primary School£11,000
- #22St Mary's & St Peter's Church School£10,789
- #23Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School£10,779
- #24Orchard Grove Primary School£10,772
- #25St Peter's Church of England First School£10,465
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