Priorswood Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Taunton, Somerset·TA2 7AD
Composite score
33.3
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#12,759
National rank
#1337
In South West
#133
In Somerset
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
44%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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

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
37
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320220.8520230.5020240.9020251.002026

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

Every child who put Priorswood Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
212
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
30.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,076
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Priorswood Primary School

Priorswood Primary School is a primary school in Taunton, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 212 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 44% 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 risen by 15.0 percentage points year on 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 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Priorswood Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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