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Hambridge Community Primary School

Primary · Langport · TA10 0AZ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 April 2023

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At a glance

104 pupils · 69% of 150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
17.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hambridgecommunityprimary.co.uk
URN
141782

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 April 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

18 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
28%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
Somerset average60.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolHorsham · 113 miles awayStrong standard78%
Wenhaston Primary SchoolHalesworth · 211 miles awayGood64%
Bryn Offa CofE Primary SchoolOswestry · 125 miles awayGood59%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, EdwinstoweMansfield · 171 miles awayGood67%
Bradfield Primary SchoolManningtree · 183 miles awayGood70%
Sutton CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolKeighley · 204 miles awayGood56%
The Edenham Church of England SchoolBourne · 162 miles awayNo current grade53%
Charlton Mackrell CofE Primary SchoolSomerton · 10 miles awayGood58%
Walesby CofE Primary SchoolNewark · 174 miles awayExpected standard58%
St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 117 miles awayGood54%
Abbotskerswell Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 47 miles awayGood71%
Smeeth Community Primary SchoolAshford · 167 miles awayGood62%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 3% (Somerset 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Somerset 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Somerset 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.88 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Somerset: 3.60 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,490; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,504
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£52,000; in-year balance +£68,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80%62.3%
Social housing7.6%17.1%
Privately rented12.4%20.5%
Detached houses63.2%22.9%
Flats1.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029197 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£437,50010 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£384,500–£589,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£459,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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