North Town AcademySt Andrew's Church School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Taunton.

Summary of the comparison

North Town Academy and St Andrew's Church School are primary schools in Taunton.

  • North Town Academy scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Andrew's Church School scores 36 out of 100 (grade F, weak). North Town Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • North Town Academy was judged Good and St Andrew's Church School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 58.0% for North Town Academy and 47.0% for St Andrew's Church School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at North Town Academy (61.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Andrew's Church School (32.0% in 2022-23, 47.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

North Town Academy versus St Andrew's Church School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure TauntonNorth Town AcademyTauntonSt Andrew's Church SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureF36/100
Local ranking55th of 209 in Somerset Stronger figure136th of 209 in Somerset
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll486 236
Capacity417 230
LocationTaunton, TA1 1DF Taunton, TA2 6HA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard58.0% Stronger figure47.0% 62.0%
At higher standard2.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 Stronger figure101.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census486 236
Free school meals (ever 6)11.5% 15.7%
English as an additional language26.7% 26.7%
SEN support11.9% 7.6%
SEN with an EHC plan3.9% 3.8%
Attendance
Overall absence3.8% Stronger figure4.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.3% Stronger figure6.8% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

North Town Academy

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