Huish Episcopi Primary School

Huish Episcopi Primary operates under the Levels multi-academy trust and has shown solid performance across various domains, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating in its first inspection. The headteacher and staff are dedicated to providing high-quality education, and parents express high levels of satisfaction with the school's community and values. The school has a strong focus on reading and mathematics, with noticeable improvements in early reading skills and a well-structured curriculum. However, some challenges remain, particularly in writing standards in key stage 2, where certain students struggle to achieve their full potential in this area.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with a dedicated headteacher
• High levels of parental satisfaction
• Effective reading and mathematics curricula
• Well-developed early reading skills and phonics teaching
• Solid support for pupils with SEND
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve well
• High staff morale and good wellbeing support

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of writing strategies in key stage 2
• Need for improved handwriting skills among older pupils
• MAT leadership has not effectively communicated with the local governing body

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 Huish Episcopi Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.2% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Huish Episcopi Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Huish Episcopi Primary School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Huish Episcopi Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.6% 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 2024–25 Huish Episcopi Primary School received £7,314 and spent £6,786 for each of its 179 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,457,000 (-£8,138 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Ppat Education, income was £6,174 and spending £6,106 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Langport · Somerset local authority: places and applications

Huish Episcopi Primary School is part of Ppat Education, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Othery Village School Bridgwater
• Hambridge Community Primary School Langport
• Middlezoy Primary School Bridgwater
• Ash Church of England Primary School Martock
• Ilchester Community School Yeovil
• Butleigh Church of England Primary School Glastonbury
• Kingfisher Primary School Yeovil
• Preston CofE Primary School Yeovil
• Countess Gytha Primary School Yeovil
• Lovington Church of England Primary School Castle Cary

What is Huish Episcopi Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Huish Episcopi Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Huish Episcopi Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Huish Episcopi Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Huish Episcopi Primary School have?

Huish Episcopi Primary School has 175 pupils on roll.

What age range does Huish Episcopi Primary School cover?

Huish Episcopi Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Huish Episcopi Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Huish Episcopi Primary School?

Huish Episcopi Primary School is at North Street, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9RW.