Countess Gytha Primary School
General Information
- Address: West Camel Road, Queen Camel, Yeovil, BA22 7FF – View on map
- Phone: 01935850345
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Gordon
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.7%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.9% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 95% moved to another school, 5% 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- 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: 86% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 27% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 27 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 87% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 87%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 95% · Writing 86% · Maths 100% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 100%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 109
- Based on: 22 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 6th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- #4Kingfisher Primary School91%
- #5North Cadbury Church of England Primary School90%
- =6Countess Gytha Primary School86%
- =6Stogumber CofE Primary School86%
- #8Hambridge Community Primary School83%
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28th of 138 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #26Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary SchoolGood
- #27Cotford St Luke Primary SchoolGood
- #28Countess Gytha Primary SchoolGood
- #29Curry Rivel Church of England VC Primary SchoolGood
- #30Cutcombe Church of England First SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,556 (2024-25)
118th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #116Eastover Primary School£6,663
- #117Kingfisher Primary School£6,600
- #118Countess Gytha Primary School£6,556
- #119North Petherton Primary School£6,553
- #120Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School£6,538
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