Stoke St Michael Primary School
General Information
- Address: Moonshill Road, Stoke St Michael, Radstock, BA3 5LG – View on map
- Phone: 01749840470
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Chris Partridge
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 8 families put it first for 7 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.9%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.4% 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 33% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 50% · Writing 50% · Maths 33% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 33%
- Average test scores: reading 100, maths 97
- Based on: 6 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
Year 6 SATs: 142nd of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =139Spaxton CofE Primary School36%
- =139Stogursey Church of England Primary School36%
- #142Stoke St Michael Primary School33%
- #143King Ina Church of England Academy32%
- #144Merriott Primary School30%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
150th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #148St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, FromeRequires improvement
- #149Stoke St Gregory Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #150Stoke St Michael Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #151Lovington Church of England Primary SchoolInadequate
- #152West Chinnock Church SchoolInadequate
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,398 (2024-25)
14th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #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
- #16West Chinnock Church School£11,317
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