South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre School

Voluntary aided school·Infant school South Petherton, Somerset·TA13 5DY

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

23 first choices, 23 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 23 places

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9620220.9420231.0020241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 97
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

26.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,412

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

South Petherton Junior School South Petherton · 0.2 mi 49.2 Shepton Beauchamp Church School Ilminster · 1.9 mi 44.3 Kingsbury Episcopi Primary School Martock · 2.1 mi 59.9 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School Stoke-Sub-Hamdon · 2.3 mi 45.2 Martock Church School Martock · 2.4 mi 23.5 Merriott Primary School Merriott · 2.5 mi 24.2 Castle Primary School Stoke-Sub-Hamdon · 2.6 mi 41.8 Hinton St George Church of England Primary School Hinton St George · 2.7 mi 39.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre School

South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre School is a primary school in South Petherton, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 97 pupils aged 2 to 7 attend the school.

South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre 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.