Wellsprings Primary School is a primary school located in Taunton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 11/07/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Crowcombe Road, Taunton

School Information

Address: Crowcombe Road, Taunton, TA2 7NF
Website: https://slp5.somerset.org.uk/webs/wellsprings/SitePages/Home.aspx
Telephone: 01823275556
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mark Lunn
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 123710

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/07/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 400
Number of Pupils: 308
Number of Boys: 147
Number of Girls: 161

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -1.4 Confidence interval -3.5 to 0.8
Writing
Average: 1.1 Confidence interval -0.7 to 3
Maths
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.7 to 2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:63%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:5%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wellsprings Primary School
Crowcombe Road , TA2 7NF 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Priorswood Primary School
Wedlands , TA2 7AD 		1out of 4 864 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
St Andrew's Church School
Grove Terrace , TA2 6HA 		3out of 4 1,145 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Lyngford Park Primary School
Bircham Road , TA2 8EX 		- not rated 1,212 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School
Rowford , Cheddon Fitzpaine TA2 8JY 		3out of 4 1,659 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Taunton Academy
Cheddon Road , TA2 7QP 		2out of 4 548 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Castle School
Wellington Road , TA1 5AU 		4out of 4 2,329 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Heathfield Community School
School Road , Monkton Heathfield TA2 8PD 		4out of 4 3,164 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Park House School
277 , Cheddon Road TA2 7AX 		- not rated 170 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Selworthy Special School
Selworthy Road , TA2 8HD 		3out of 4 871 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
The Sky Academy
Pickeridge Close , TA2 7HW 		- not rated 1,050 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
King's Hall School
Pyrland , Kingston Road TA2 8AA 		- not rated 1,143 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Taunton School
Staplegrove Road , TA2 6AD 		- not rated 1,252 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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