Charlton Mackrell CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bonfire Lane, Charlton Mackrell, Somerton, TA11 7BN – View on map
- Phone: 01458223329
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Alison Allen
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 11 places – 9 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 13 · 2025 11 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 11.2%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21.3% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 92% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 12 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 87th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =81Wellesley Park Primary School59%
- =81Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre59%
- =87Charlton Mackrell CofE Primary School58%
- =87North Town Academy58%
- =89Avanti Park School57%
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26th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #24Catcott Primary SchoolGood
- #25Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #26Charlton Mackrell CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #27Cheddon Fitzpaine Church SchoolGood
- #28Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,158 (2024-25)
37th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #35Pawlett Primary School Academy£9,222
- #36East Huntspill Primary Academy£9,185
- #37Charlton Mackrell CofE Primary School£9,158
- #38Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School£9,025
- #39Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC Primary£9,000
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