St Vigor & St John Church School
General Information
- Address: Wells Road, Chilcompton, Radstock, BA3 4EX – View on map
- Phone: 01761233847
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Chris Chorley
- Age range: 0-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 14 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 15% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.4% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 14% moved to another school, 86% 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 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: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 77% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 77%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 106
- 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 31st of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =31Kingsmoor Primary School72%
- =31St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School72%
- =31St Vigor & St John Church School72%
- =34Blackbrook Primary School71%
- =34Bruton Primary School71%
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109th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #107St Nicholas CofE Primary School, HenstridgeGood
- #108St Peter's Church of England First SchoolGood
- #109St Vigor & St John Church SchoolGood
- #110Staplegrove Church SchoolGood
- #111Stawley Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,421 (2024-25)
76th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #74Avishayes Community Primary School£7,565
- #75Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy£7,455
- #76St Vigor & St John Church School£7,421
- #77Cotford St Luke Primary School£7,357
- #78Catcott Primary School£7,351
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