Stawley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Appley Cross, Ashbrittle, Wellington, TA21 0HH – View on map
- Phone: 01823672486
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jacqui Collier
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 7 families put it first for 7 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: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 13 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 5
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.9%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20% 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. 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 78% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 86%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 89% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 110
- Based on: 9 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: 17th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =14Northgate Primary School79%
- =14Puriton Primary School79%
- #17Stawley Primary School78%
- =18High Ham Church of England Primary School77%
- =18Meare Village Primary School77%
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111th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #109St Vigor & St John Church SchoolGood
- #110Staplegrove Church SchoolGood
- #111Stawley Primary SchoolGood
- #112Stoberry Park SchoolGood
- #113Stogumber CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,600 (2024-25)
13th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #11Christ Church First School£12,149
- #12Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary£11,641
- #13Stawley Primary School£11,600
- #14Stoke St Michael Primary School£11,398
- #15Stogursey Church of England Primary School£11,371
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