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Minerva Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Outer Circle, Somerset, Taunton TA1 2BU · minervaprimaryschool.clf.uk · 01823 337051
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Somerset 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 140
- 80% of 176 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 53.3%
- First language not English
- 17.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 14 families put the school first and 14 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 17 | 14 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Somerset it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 143143)
Ofsted
Minerva Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 29 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 29 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 143143)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 143143), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
May 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 143143)