Maiden Beech Academy

Primary · Crewkerne · TA18 8HG

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 26 March 2026

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At a glance

102 pupils · 24% of 420 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 18.6% of pupils
English as additional language: 1.2% of pupils
SEN support: 8.2% of pupils
EHC plan: 3.5% of pupils
Website: http://www.maidenbeechprimary.org
URN: 137118

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

33 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

4.6%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

10.1%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

15.9

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

3 February 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
1 February 2022: Good (graded inspection)
21 June 2018: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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Haselbury Plucknett Church of England Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 2.5 mi
Merriott Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.5 mi
Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.6 mi
Hinton St George Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.7 mi

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