Nerrols Primary School and Nursery

Nerrols Primary School and Nursery has demonstrated a strong overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating in multiple areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The early years provision stands out as exceptional, providing children with a solid foundation for their educational journey. Pupils display a positive attitude towards learning, with high attendance and strong emotional support from staff. Despite these strengths, the school is aware that the curriculum in certain subjects needs further development to ensure pupils build on their prior knowledge effectively.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• High levels of pupil attendance and engagement.
• Effective early reading programme in place.
• Outstanding early years curriculum fostering excellent language skills.
• Bespoke support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum in some subjects lacks coherence and depth.

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 Nerrols Primary School and Nursery attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Nerrols Primary School and Nursery 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 Nerrols Primary School and Nursery had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 8.2% of pupils at Nerrols Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Nerrols Primary School and Nursery received £7,246 and spent £7,135 for each of its 245 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £275,000 (£1,122 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Richard Huish Trust, income was £6,645 and spending £6,438 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 Taunton · Somerset local authority: places and applications

Nerrols Primary School and Nursery is part of Richard Huish Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Lyngford Park Primary School Taunton
• North Town Academy Taunton
• Richard Huish College Taunton
• North Curry CofE Primary School Taunton
• West Buckland Primary School Wellington

What is Nerrols Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nerrols Primary School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Nerrols Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Nerrols Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Nerrols Primary School and Nursery have?

Nerrols Primary School and Nursery has 279 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nerrols Primary School and Nursery cover?

Nerrols Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Nerrols Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nerrols Primary School and Nursery?

Nerrols Primary School and Nursery is at Nerrols Drive, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8GS.