Stoke St Michael Primary School
Moonshill Road, Stoke St Michael, Radstock, BA3 5LG
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Stoke St Michael Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Partridge
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 53
- URN
- 123662
- Local authority
- Somerset
About this school
Stoke St Michael Primary School was a community primary school in Radstock. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 53 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Stoke St Michael Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 13% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 38% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 25% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 13% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Stoke St Michael Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54 |
| 2023/24 | 53 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stoke St Michael Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.5% | 28.3% | 53 | — |
| Stoke St Michael Primary School | 33% | 5.8% | 34.8% | 61 | 0.0 miles |
| Oakhill Church School | 53% | 6.9% | 19% | 109 | 1.7 miles |
| Leigh On Mendip School | — | 3.3% | 7.8% | 105 | 1.9 miles |
| Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School | 75% | 6.1% | 27.8% | 133 | 1.9 miles |
| St Aldhelms Church School | 64% | 5.7% | 13.2% | 176 | 2.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.3%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.5%
- Persistent absence
- 32.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stoke St Michael Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Radstock
-
Oakhill Church School1.7 miles
Primary · Radstock
-
Leigh On Mendip School1.9 miles
Primary · Radstock
-
Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Radstock
-
St Aldhelms Church School2.6 miles
Primary · Shepton Mallet
Other schools in Radstock
- Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary School Primary
- Hemington Primary School Primary
- Kilmersdon Church School Primary
- Leigh On Mendip School Primary
- Longvernal Primary School Primary
- Midsomer Norton Primary School Primary
- Oakhill Church School Primary
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas Church School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Stoke St Michael Primary School teach?
- Stoke St Michael Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Radstock.
- Has Stoke St Michael Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Stoke St Michael Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Stoke St Michael Primary School?
- Stoke St Michael Primary School had 53 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Stoke St Michael Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 13% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Stoke St Michael Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stoke St Michael Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.