Ashill Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ilminster · TA19 9ND · Somerset
Ages 2–11
- KS233%
- Absence7.9%
- FSM21.2%
- Demand1.00
1.1 miles away
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Neroche Primary School
Academy converter · Ilminster · TA19 9RG
Ages 2–11 · 233 pupils · Somerset
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
75%
Overall absence
4.9%
Admissions demand
0.97 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)75%
Higher standard (RWM)6%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.9%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 180
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.97 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
28
Places offered
29
1st-preference offers
28
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 55
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 29
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill90%
233 pupils · 259 places
- Pupils on roll
- 233
- Boys / girls
- 124 / 109
- School capacity
- 259
- Capacity fill
- 233 / 259 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
- FSM pupils
- 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Sponsor
- Blackdown Education Partnership
- Headteacher
- Miss Rebecca Bendall
Location
- Address
- Broadway
- Postcode
- TA19 9RG
- Town
- Ilminster
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Ilminster, Somerset, 233 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 7.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Mary's & St Peter's Church School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ilminster · TA19 9EX · Somerset
Ages 4–11
- Absence9.4%
- FSM62.1%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
Herne View Church of England Primary
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ilminster · TA19 0BL · Somerset
Ages 4–11
- KS249%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM20.9%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Rebecca Bendall
- Telephone
- 0146052664