Herne View Church of England Primary
Voluntary controlled primary school in Ilminster (Somerset).
KS2 RWM expected
45%
▼ 17pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
69%
▼ 6pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
69%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
54%
▼ 18pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
94.5%
▼ 0.3pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
24.5
▲ 3.8 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
20.9%
▼ 4pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
76%
401 / 525 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Somerset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 5.5% | joint 5,933rd highest of 16,262 (37 schools have the same figure) | joint 95th highest of 210 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 0.8% | joint 13,420th highest of 16,262 (123 schools have the same figure) | 179th highest of 210 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 0.9% | joint 6,942nd highest of 16,268 (37 schools have the same figure) | 114th highest of 210 |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 0.9 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 20.9% | joint 8,076th highest of 16,710 (39 schools have the same figure) | joint 73rd highest of 219 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 16.7% | joint 10,460th highest of 16,706 (126 schools have the same figure) | joint 101st highest of 219 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 13% | joint 10,497th highest of 16,706 (134 schools have the same figure) | 127th highest of 219 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 3.7% | joint 7,783rd highest of 16,706 (254 schools have the same figure) | joint 61st highest of 219 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 18.9 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 21 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 22.5 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 23.3 | joint 3,752nd highest of 16,147 (171 schools have the same figure) | joint 50th highest of 200 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 10.4 | joint 9,093rd highest of 16,163 (324 schools have the same figure) | joint 86th highest of 200 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 12.6% | joint 7,968th highest of 16,165 (36 schools have the same figure) | 115th highest of 199 |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 70% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 4.9 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 45% | joint 12,420th highest of 14,270 (154 schools have the same figure) | joint 124th highest of 149 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 525 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 462 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 12% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | -3.0 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | -4.5 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | -4.0 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 29/11/2022 (school year 2022/23): Good
- 24/03/2009 (school year 2008/09): Outstanding
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence5.5% 2024/25
This school
3.8%
2016/17
3.9%
2017/18
4.2%
2018/19
3%
2020/21
6%
2021/22
5.2%
2022/23
5.8%
2023/24
5.5%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence0.8% 2024/25
This school
0.6%
2016/17
0.6%
2017/18
0.7%
2018/19
0.8%
2020/21
0.5%
2021/22
0.6%
2022/23
1%
2023/24
0.8%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once0.9% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0.3%
2019/20
0%
2020/21
0.3%
2021/22
0.6%
2022/23
0.9%
2023/24
0.9%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.9 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.0
2018/19
0.3
2019/20
0.0
2020/21
0.3
2021/22
0.6
2022/23
1.3
2023/24
0.9
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)20.9% 2025/26
This school
15.9%
2019/20
17.9%
2020/21
18.1%
2021/22
21.6%
2022/23
20.8%
2023/24
20.7%
2024/25
20.9%
2025/26
Any SEN16.7% 2025/26
This school
6.6%
2019/20
8.5%
2020/21
8.3%
2021/22
11.6%
2022/23
15.8%
2023/24
16.6%
2024/25
16.7%
2025/26
SEN support13% 2025/26
This school
5.3%
2019/20
6.3%
2020/21
5.9%
2021/22
9%
2022/23
11.9%
2023/24
13.2%
2024/25
13%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans3.7% 2025/26
This school
1.2%
2019/20
2.2%
2020/21
2.4%
2021/22
2.6%
2022/23
3.9%
2023/24
3.4%
2024/25
3.7%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)18.9 2024/25
This school
16.4
2017/18
15.8
2018/19
14.9
2019/20
15.5
2020/21
15.5
2021/22
24.4
2022/23
20.8
2023/24
18.9
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)21 2024/25
This school
19
2017/18
18
2018/19
17
2019/20
18
2020/21
18
2021/22
27
2022/23
23
2023/24
21
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)22.5 2024/25
This school
12.1
2017/18
12.5
2018/19
15.0
2019/20
12.7
2020/21
13.7
2021/22
19.7
2022/23
22.9
2023/24
22.5
2024/25
Pupils per teacher23.3 2024/25
This school
21.0
2017/18
21.6
2018/19
21.4
2019/20
20.6
2020/21
21.7
2021/22
20.1
2022/23
22.2
2023/24
23.3
2024/25
Pupils per adult10.4 2024/25
This school
12.0
2017/18
12.0
2018/19
10.6
2019/20
11.3
2020/21
11.5
2021/22
10.9
2022/23
10.3
2023/24
10.4
2024/25
Teacher turnover12.6% 2024/25
This school
14.6%
2017/18
49.4%
2018/19
6.7%
2019/20
17.4%
2020/21
27.7%
2021/22
27.1%
2022/23
28.8%
2023/24
12.6%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence70% 2024/25
This school
57.9%
2016/17
61.1%
2017/18
18.2%
2018/19
38.1%
2020/21
45%
2021/22
67.9%
2022/23
60.9%
2023/24
70%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)4.9 2024/25
This school
4.4
2016/17
5.1
2017/18
0.3
2018/19
3.1
2020/21
3.0
2021/22
6.7
2022/23
3.8
2023/24
4.9
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard45% 2024/25
This school
38%
2022/23
49%
2023/24
45%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places525 2023/24
This school
380
2015/16
380
2016/17
380
2017/18
380
2018/19
380
2020/21
380
2021/22
525
2022/23
525
2023/24
Pupils462 2023/24
This school
362
2015/16
356
2016/17
339
2017/18
342
2018/19
320
2020/21
337
2021/22
479
2022/23
462
2023/24
Unfilled places12% 2023/24
This school
4.7%
2015/16
6.3%
2016/17
10.8%
2017/18
10%
2018/19
15.8%
2020/21
11.3%
2021/22
8.8%
2022/23
12%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.2% | - | 3% | 6% | 5.2% | 5.8% | 5.5% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | - | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1% | 0.8% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0.6% | 0% | 0% | 0.3% | 0% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.28% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 15.9% | 17.9% | 18.1% | 21.6% | 20.8% | 20.7% | 20.9% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 6.6% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 11.6% | 15.8% | 16.6% | 16.7% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 5.3% | 6.3% | 5.9% | 9% | 11.9% | 13.2% | 13% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 24.4 | 20.8 | 18.9 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 21 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 11.7 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 19.7 | 22.9 | 22.5 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 23.0 | 22.8 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 20.1 | 22.2 | 23.3 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 13.1 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 10.4 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 11.8% | 19% | 12.6% | 14.6% | 49.4% | 6.7% | 17.4% | 27.7% | 27.1% | 28.8% | 12.6% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 68.8% | 55.6% | 57.9% | 61.1% | 18.2% | - | 38.1% | 45% | 67.9% | 60.9% | 70% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 0.3 | - | 3.1 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 4.9 | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38% | 49% | 45% | - |
| Places | 380 | 380 | 380 | 380 | 380 | - | 380 | 380 | 525 | 525 | - | - |
| Pupils | 343 | 362 | 356 | 339 | 342 | - | 320 | 337 | 479 | 462 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 9.7% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 10.8% | 10% | - | 15.8% | 11.3% | 8.8% | 12% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 5.5% | 2024/25 | Higher than 63% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.8% | 2024/25 | Higher than 17% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 0.9% | 2024/25 | Higher than 57% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 24.5 | 2025/26 | Higher than 86% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 11.0 | 2025/26 | Higher than 55% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 12.6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 50% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 4.9 | 2024/25 | Higher than 70% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 20.9% | 2025/26 | Higher than 51% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 16.7% | 2025/26 | Higher than 37% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 3.7% | 2025/26 | Higher than 52% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 2.5% | 2025/26 | Higher than 18% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 401 | year not recorded | Higher than 78% of schools | 16,437 |
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