St George's Catholic School
General Information
- Address: The Mount, Taunton, TA1 3NR – View on map
- Phone: 01823284130
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Edwina McDonnell
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 85% 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 16
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 68% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.2% 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.
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: 8.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 75% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 102
- Based on: 32 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 65th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =65Churchstanton Primary School63%
- =65East Coker Community Primary School63%
- =65St George's Catholic School63%
- =65Staplegrove Church School63%
- =69Ruishton Church of England School62%
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98th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #96Somerset Bridge Primary SchoolGood
- #97St Dubricius Church of England VA SchoolGood
- #98St George's Catholic SchoolGood
- #99St John and St Francis Church SchoolGood
- #100St John's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,903 (2024-25)
160th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #158Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£5,941
- #159Staplegrove Church School£5,922
- #160St George's Catholic School£5,903
- #161Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School£5,880
- #162Puriton Primary School£5,879
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