Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Taunton, Somerset·TA2 8JH
Composite score
29.2
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National rank
#1438
In South West
#144
In Somerset
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
45%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Urgent improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
30
any preference, for 15 places
Last place offered lived
2.24 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3610 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9320230.9320241.1220251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
115
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£7,025
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Taunton, Somerset, Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 115 pupils aged 5 to 11. 45% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 33.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.24 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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