The Redstart Primary School
Primary schoolThe Redstart Primary School is a primary school in Somerset, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 444 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 2 April 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at The Redstart Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Somerset and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Holyrood AcademySecondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.9 (2025/26, provisional)470 m
- Chard SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file820 m
- 3 DimensionsSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
- Manor Court Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, October 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Avishayes Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Somerset
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).