Lyngford Park Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bircham Road, Taunton, TA2 8EX – View on map
- Phone: 01823284912
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Nick Arnold
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 72
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.4%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 22% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% 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: 7.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 5.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Vision impairment: 2 pupils
- 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: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 51% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 69% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 35 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 89th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =89Beech Grove Primary School57%
- =89Horrington Primary School57%
- =89Lyngford Park Primary School57%
- =89Norton Sub Hamdon Church School57%
- =89Pawlett Primary School Academy57%
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63rd of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #61Long Sutton CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #62Lympsham Church of England AcademyGood
- #63Lyngford Park Primary SchoolGood
- #64Manor Court Community Primary SchoolGood
- #65Mark First and Pre-School CE AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,213 (2024-25)
144th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #142Willowdown Primary School£6,251
- #143Neroche Primary School£6,220
- #144Lyngford Park Primary School£6,213
- #145St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School£6,188
- #146West Pennard Church of England Primary School£6,148
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