Primary
Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School
Combe St Nicholas, Chard, TA20 3NG
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 117 of 120 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 12.4
- Pupils per adult
- 7.7
- Pupils
- 96
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
67%
2 points above the Chard average (65% across 6 schools)
107.0
1.7 above the Chard average (105.3 across 6 schools)
2nd of 6 by our score, among the primary schools in Chard we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 67% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 75% |
| 23/24 | 100% |
| 24/25 | 67% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Combe St Nicholas, Chard, TA20 3NG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Somerset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Joanna Rousseau
- Address
- Combe St Nicholas, Chard, TA20 3NG
- Telephone
- 0146063116