Lyngford Park Primary School

Lyngford Park Primary School has shown a commendable performance overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas, including the quality of education and leadership. The school emphasizes an ambitious culture, encouraging pupils to aim high with their motto 'Believe. Achieve. Be Proud'. It creates an inclusive and welcoming environment where pupils are happy, feel safe, and engage positively with their education. The leadership and management of the school are effective, fostering a strong commitment to student development and success.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a supportive and enriching curriculum.
• High expectations lead to respectful and polite behaviour among pupils.
• Strong focus on reading from an early age helps foster a love for literature.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Pupils develop resilience and understand risks in society.
• Staff feel well supported and share leaders' high aspirations.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, essential knowledge and skills are not clearly identified.
• Some pupils' attendance is irregular, impacting their learning.

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 Lyngford Park Primary School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.0% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Lyngford Park 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 Lyngford Park Primary School 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, 5.3% of pupils at Lyngford Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 Lyngford Park Primary School received £6,899 and spent £6,536 for each of its 291 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £369,000 (£1,268 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

Lyngford Park Primary School is part of Richard Huish Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Nerrols Primary School and Nursery Taunton
• North Town Academy Taunton
• Richard Huish College Taunton
• North Curry CofE Primary School Taunton
• West Buckland Primary School Wellington

What is Lyngford Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lyngford Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Lyngford Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lyngford Park Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Lyngford Park Primary School have?

Lyngford Park Primary School has 284 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lyngford Park Primary School cover?

Lyngford Park Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Lyngford Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lyngford Park Primary School?

Lyngford Park Primary School is at Bircham Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8EX.