King Ina Church of England Academy
General Information
- Address: Northfield, Somerton, TA11 6FQ – View on map
- Phone: 01458272587
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Susannah Svenson
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 37 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 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 88
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.7%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.6% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 17% moved to another school, 83% 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.
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: 7.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 18 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 32% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 27 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 41% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 41%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 56% · Writing 40% · Maths 44% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 48%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- Based on: 50 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: 143rd of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =139Stogursey Church of England Primary School36%
- #142Stoke St Michael Primary School33%
- #143King Ina Church of England Academy32%
- #144Merriott Primary School30%
- =145Churchfield Church School29%
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143rd of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #141Horrington Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #142Kilmersdon Church SchoolRequires improvement
- #143King Ina Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
- #144Minerva Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #145Norton Sub Hamdon Church SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,084 (2024-25)
152nd of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #150Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School£6,104
- #151Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton£6,102
- #152King Ina Church of England Academy£6,084
- #153Ruishton Church of England School£6,079
- #154St James Church School£6,078
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