Primrose Lane Primary School
General Information
- Address: Cunningham Road, Yeovil, BA21 5FH – View on map
- Phone: 01935475693
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Annie Sherrard
- 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 15 · 2024 12 · 2025 12 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 26
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.5%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.9% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 105
- Based on: 29 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 41st of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =34Upton Noble CofE VC Primary School71%
- =41North Petherton Primary School69%
- =41Primrose Lane Primary School69%
- =43Castle Cary Community Primary School68%
- =43Enmore Church of England Primary School68%
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5th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #3Kingfisher Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Preston CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Primrose Lane Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #6All Saints Church SchoolGood
- #7Ash Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,051 (2024-25)
97th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #95Keinton Mandeville Primary School£7,056
- #96North Cadbury Church of England Primary School£7,051
- #97Primrose Lane Primary School£7,051
- #98St John's Church of England Primary School£7,043
- #99Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School£7,025
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