West Huntspill Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: New Road, West Huntspill, Highbridge, TA9 3QE – View on map
- Phone: 01278783842
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Barker
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 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 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 44
- % eligible for free school meals: 35.8%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.4% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 62% moved to another school, 38% 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: 10.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 29.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 45% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 41% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 41%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 59% · Writing 55% · Maths 45% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
- Based on: 22 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 124th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =124Herne View Church of England Primary45%
- =124Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School45%
- =124West Huntspill Primary Academy45%
- =127Cotford St Luke Primary School44%
- =127Otterhampton Primary School44%
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127th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #125West Buckland Primary SchoolGood
- #126West Coker CofE VC Primary SchoolGood
- #127West Huntspill Primary AcademyGood
- #128West Monkton Church of England SchoolGood
- #129Westonzoyland Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,657 (2024-25)
46th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #44Minerva Primary School£8,761
- #45Meare Village Primary School£8,683
- #46West Huntspill Primary Academy£8,657
- #47Holway Park Community Primary School£8,652
- #48Curry Rivel Church of England VC Primary School£8,633
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