Staplegrove Church School
General Information
- Address: Hudson Way, Staplegrove, Taunton, TA2 6UP – View on map
- Phone: 01823337313
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Paul Armstrong
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 39 families put it first for 30 places – 13 for every 10 places. 77% 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 14 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 19
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.2%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 19% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.6% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 48% moved to another school, 52% 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: 3.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 12 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (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 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 70% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- 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 65th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =65East Coker Community Primary School63%
- =65St George's Catholic School63%
- =65Staplegrove Church School63%
- =69Ruishton Church of England School62%
- =69West Pennard Church of England Primary School62%
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110th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #108St Peter's Church of England First SchoolGood
- #109St Vigor & St John Church SchoolGood
- #110Staplegrove Church SchoolGood
- #111Stawley Primary SchoolGood
- #112Stoberry Park SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,922 (2024-25)
159th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #157St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School£5,954
- #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
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