Trull Church of England VA Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Road, Trull, Taunton, TA3 7JZ – View on map
- Phone: 01823333239
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Luke Bottomley
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 30 places – 14 for every 10 places. 73% 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 13 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 14
- 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: 7.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.4% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 3.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- 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: 82% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 23 percentage points above the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 83% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 83%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 82% · Maths 97% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 85%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 108
- Based on: 34 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 9th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- #8Hambridge Community Primary School83%
- =9Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School82%
- =9Trull Church of England VA Primary School82%
- =11Ash Church of England Primary School81%
- =11Walton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School81%
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119th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #117Timberscombe Church of England First SchoolGood
- #118Trinity Church of England First SchoolGood
- #119Trull Church of England VA Primary SchoolGood
- #120Vallis First SchoolGood
- #121Walton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,124 (2024-25)
149th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #147Axbridge Church of England First School Academy£6,144
- #148Norton Fitzwarren Church School£6,126
- #149Trull Church of England VA Primary School£6,124
- #150Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School£6,104
- #151Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton£6,102
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