Churchstanton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Churchstanton, Taunton, TA3 7RL – View on map
- Phone: 01823601354
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Matthew Watson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 5 families put it first for 5 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 5 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 13 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- 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: 4.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 52% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 8 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 65th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =61St Aldhelms Church School64%
- =61St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School64%
- =65Churchstanton Primary School63%
- =65East Coker Community Primary School63%
- =65St George's Catholic School63%
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29th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #27Cheddon Fitzpaine Church SchoolGood
- #28Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary SchoolGood
- #29Churchstanton Primary SchoolGood
- #30Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary SchoolGood
- #31Cotford St Luke Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,341 (2024-25)
55th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #53Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School£8,430
- #54Berrow Primary Church Academy£8,399
- #55Churchstanton Primary School£8,341
- #56Coxley Primary School£8,336
- #57Stoke St Gregory Church of England Primary School£8,279
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