Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Mill Close, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1NX – View on map
- Phone: 01278732508
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Terry Luke
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 18 places – 9 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 9 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.6%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.7% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 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: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 77% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 30 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 103rd of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =103Milford Junior School53%
- =103Nerrols Primary School and Nursery53%
- =103Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School53%
- =103Norton Fitzwarren Church School53%
- =103Oakhill Church School53%
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75th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #73Minehead First SchoolGood
- #74Nerrols Primary School and NurseryGood
- #75Nether Stowey Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #76North Cadbury Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #77North Newton Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,685 (2024-25)
114th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #112St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School£6,723
- #113Old Cleeve Church of England First School£6,713
- #114Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School£6,685
- #115Minehead First School£6,669
- #116Eastover Primary School£6,663
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