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Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onTaunton, TA3 6SQ

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2022

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Students

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Expected Standard

33%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Taunton, serving ages 2-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 91% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Taunton, Somerset, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 34 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #158 of 179 primaries in Somerset and #14,641 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 33.3%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

33%

LA 55%England 61%

Reading33% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing56% LA 68% · Eng 72%

Maths44% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

25%

LA 54%England 60%

Reading63% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing38% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths25% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.9

Read

LA -0.5

-6.3 to 2.4

-3.8

Write

LA -0.4

-8.0 to 0.4

-5.5

Maths

LA -1.4

-9.6 to -1.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 60%England 65%

Reading-% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing-% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths-% LA 73% · Eng 79%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA -0.8

Write

LA -0.4

Maths

LA -1.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 63%

Reading-% LA 77%

Writing-% LA 78%

Maths-% LA 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA -0.2

Write

LA -0.3

Maths

LA -1.0

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2022-09-14

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2017-10-04

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Inadequate

2013-05-22

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 40 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.7%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2022/23 (Summer term)	40	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	34	1	2.9%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	32	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	39	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	39	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	36	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	33	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	27	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	24	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	24	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	24	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	27	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	25	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	25	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	25	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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