Wembdon St George's Church School
General Information
- Address: Brantwood Road, Wembdon, Bridgwater, TA6 7PS – View on map
- Phone: 01278451726
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Clare Wallace
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 33 places – 8 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 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 44
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.0%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 63% moved to another school, 37% 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.
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: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card March 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 44% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 43% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 43%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 65% · Writing 58% · Maths 65% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 43 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 127th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =127Priorswood Primary School44%
- =127Wellsprings Primary School44%
- =127Wembdon St George's Church School44%
- =132Haselbury Plucknett Church of England Primary School43%
- =132Shepton Beauchamp Church School43%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,841 (2024-25)
163rd of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #161Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School£5,880
- #162Puriton Primary School£5,879
- #163Wembdon St George's Church School£5,841
- #164High Ham Church of England Primary School£5,812
- #165Trinity Church of England First School£5,792
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