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Norton Sub Hamdon Church School

Primary · Stoke-Sub-Hamdon · TA14 6SF

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 December 2022

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At a glance

63 pupils · 52% of 120 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
9.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.nortonandwestchinnockschools.co.uk
URN
150032

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 6 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
Somerset average60.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Earsham Church of England Primary AcademyNr Bungay · 207 miles awayGood73%
Scalford Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 152 miles awayGood64%
Cardinham SchoolBodmin · 88 miles awayGood69%
Foston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolYork · 230 miles awayGood43%
Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolChard · 12 miles awayRequires improvement71%
Georgeham Church of England Primary SchoolBraunton · 64 miles awayGood46%
Ab Kettleby Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 150 miles awayGood36%
Northchapel Community Primary SchoolPetworth · 92 miles awayGood67%
Copdock Primary SchoolIpswich · 182 miles awayOutstanding50%
Salcombe Church of England Primary SchoolSalcombe · 66 miles awayNo current grade53%
Great Paxton CofE Primary SchoolSt Neots · 142 miles awayGood65%
Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTonbridge · 128 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Not recorded 5% (Somerset 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 5% (Somerset 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Somerset 1%, England 2%)

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)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.75 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

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
23.1
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)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £54,845; 20% 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£7,200
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £4,000; in-year balance +£54,000

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

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 higher31.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health44%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70%62.3%
Social housing18.7%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses35.8%22.9%
Flats7.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029191 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£383,00031 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£317,500–£550,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£625,000
Semi-detached (11)£350,000
Terraced (11)£320,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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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