Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School

Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection. Positive relationships underpin the school environment, fostering a sense of belonging and safety among pupils. They engage well in their learning, particularly in core subjects, and benefit from a range of extracurricular activities that enrich their education. However, while the curriculum in subjects like English, mathematics, and science is ambitious and well-structured, there are areas for improvement in the wider curriculum to ensure that the essential knowledge is effectively identified and assessed, allowing for better retention and building of knowledge across subjects.

Strengths

• Strong relationships contribute to a positive school environment.
• High expectations for pupil learning and behaviour.
• Engaging extracurricular activities that promote social skills.
• Crowds of pupils attend after-school clubs and morning care programs.
• Assessment in English, mathematics, and science helps struggling pupils catch up.

Areas for Improvement

• Wider curriculum knowledge not clearly identified or emphasized.
• Ineffective assessment systems in foundation subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.0% of pupils at Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School received £7,849 and spent £7,637 for each of its 188 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £65,000 (£345 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School last inspected by Ofsted?

Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School have?

Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School has 188 pupils on roll.

What age range does Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School cover?

Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School?

Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School is at Milverton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1JP.