St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge
General Information
- Address: Ash Walk, Henstridge, Templecombe, BA8 0QD – View on map
- Phone: 01963362308
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Rebecca Lihou
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 10 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: 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 24
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.1%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21.7% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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: 7.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 23.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 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: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 79% · Maths 57% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 50%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 101
- Based on: 14 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
- =89Sampford Arundel Community Primary School57%
- =89St Benedict's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School57%
- =89St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge57%
- =98St John and St Francis Church School56%
- =98St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School56%
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107th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #105St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #106St Michael's Church of England First SchoolGood
- #107St Nicholas CofE Primary School, HenstridgeGood
- #108St Peter's Church of England First SchoolGood
- #109St Vigor & St John Church SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,883 (2024-25)
40th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #38Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School£9,025
- #39Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC Primary£9,000
- #40St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge£8,883
- #41Long Sutton CofE Primary School£8,870
- #42Rode Methodist VC First School£8,853
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