Hambridge Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hambridge, Langport, TA10 0AZ – View on map
- Phone: 01460281370
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Leanne Hall
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 20 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: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 18
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.3%
- 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: 42.7% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% 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: 6.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 83% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 28% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 24 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 85% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 85%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 89% · Maths 94% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 108
- Based on: 18 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: 8th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =6Countess Gytha Primary School86%
- =6Stogumber CofE Primary School86%
- #8Hambridge Community Primary School83%
- =9Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School82%
- =9Trull Church of England VA Primary School82%
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44th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #42Evercreech Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #43Exford Church of England First SchoolGood
- #44Hambridge Community Primary SchoolGood
- #45Hayesdown First SchoolGood
- #46Hemington Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,504 (2024-25)
123rd of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #121Huish Episcopi Primary School£6,520
- #122East Coker Community Primary School£6,510
- #123Hambridge Community Primary School£6,504
- #124St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome£6,484
- #125Weare Academy First School£6,479
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