Woolavington Village Primary School
General Information
- Address: Higher Road, Woolavington, Bridgwater, TA7 8EA – View on map
- Phone: 01278683267
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Headteacher Georgina Maclennan
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 56
- % eligible for free school meals: 37.1%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 34.6% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 78% moved to another school, 22% 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: 7.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 25.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
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: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 51% against an expected 52%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 53% · Writing 53% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 53%
- Average test scores: reading 99, maths 101
- Based on: 15 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 103rd of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =103Norton Fitzwarren Church School53%
- =103Oakhill Church School53%
- =103Woolavington Village Primary School53%
- =109Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School52%
- =109St John's Church of England Primary School52%
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119th of 138 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #117Winsham Primary SchoolGood
- #118Wiveliscombe Primary SchoolGood
- #119Woolavington Village Primary SchoolGood
- #120Ashlands Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #121Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,774 (2024-25)
69th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #67Ashcott Primary School£7,806
- #68North Newton Community Primary School£7,786
- #69Woolavington Village Primary School£7,774
- #70Rockwell Green Church of England Primary School£7,755
- #71Kilmersdon Church School£7,697
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