Peasedown St John Primary School

Peasedown St John Primary School has been inspected for the first time since becoming an academy and is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all key areas. The school is part of The Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership and has a positive learning environment where students demonstrate respect and high levels of engagement. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured to support pupils’ learning from early years through to Year 6, and effective support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending the school and demonstrate positive attitudes to learning.
• The school has implemented an effective phonics programme supported by well-trained staff.
• Teachers use assessment effectively to monitor pupil understanding and support those at risk of falling behind.
• Pupils feel safe and valued, with high attendance rates and effective behaviour management.
• The personal development curriculum promotes respect, understanding of democracy, and awareness of social issues.

Areas for Improvement

• The school is still establishing its effectiveness in some wider curriculum 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 Peasedown St John Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.1% 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 Peasedown St John Primary 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 Peasedown St John Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.8% 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, 24.1% of pupils at Peasedown St John Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% 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 Peasedown St John Primary School received £7,306 and spent £7,719 for each of its 395 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £345,000 (£874 per pupil).

Across all 41 schools of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, income was £8,730 and spending £8,608 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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Peasedown St John Primary School is part of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

• Shoscombe Church School Bath
• Trinity Church School Bath
• Writhlington School Radstock
• Somerset Studio School Radstock
• St Mary's CofE Primary School Bath
• St Julian's Church School Bath
• Welton Primary School Radstock
• Westfield Primary School Radstock
• Midsomer Norton Primary School Radstock
• Hemington Primary School Radstock

What is Peasedown St John Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Peasedown St John Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Peasedown St John Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Peasedown St John Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Peasedown St John Primary School have?

Peasedown St John Primary School has 403 pupils on roll.

What age range does Peasedown St John Primary School cover?

Peasedown St John Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Peasedown St John Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Peasedown St John Primary School?

Peasedown St John Primary School is at Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Somerset, BA2 8DH.