St Peter's Church of England First School

Academy converter·First school Taunton, Somerset·TA4 4SF

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

St Peter's Church of England First School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. 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 first 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%

27 first choices, 27 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 27 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020221.0020230.9520240.9520251.002026

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

Every child who put St Peter's Church of England First 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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Overall effectiveness

Good

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: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 99
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

37.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

22.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

28.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£10,465

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School Taunton · 0.2 mi 21.0 Stogumber CofE Primary School Taunton · 3.0 mi 55.9 Crowcombe CofE VA Primary School Taunton · 5.0 mi 63.9 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School Taunton · 6.6 mi 37.7 Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School Bridgwater · 6.9 mi 34.4 Minehead Middle School Minehead · 7.0 mi 18.7 Stogursey Church of England Primary School Bridgwater · 7.6 mi 23.4

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 St Peter's Church of England First School

St Peter's Church of England First School is a primary school in Taunton, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 99 pupils aged 2 to 9 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Peter's Church of England First School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.5%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.