Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery
Liddymore Road, Watchet, TA23 0EX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Methodist
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Weaver
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 173
- URN
- 123860
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01984634385
About this school
Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery is a voluntary aided primary school in Watchet. It teaches children aged 3 to 9 and has 173 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 193 |
| 2023/24 | 187 |
| 2024/25 | 178 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery compares
Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 24.2% | 173 | — |
| St Peter's Church of England First School | — | 6.7% | 37.4% | 123 | 0.7 miles |
| Old Cleeve Church of England First School | — | 6% | 18.6% | 127 | 2.0 miles |
| Stogumber CofE Primary School | 86% | 3.6% | 20.9% | 41 | 3.8 miles |
| Dunster First School | — | 7.8% | 18.5% | 86 | 5.5 miles |
| Crowcombe CofE VA Primary School | 75% | 5.9% | 14% | 50 | 5.5 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.16%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.29%
- Persistent absence
- 20.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's Church of England First School0.7 miles
Primary · Taunton
-
Old Cleeve Church of England First School2.0 miles
Primary · Washford
-
Stogumber CofE Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Taunton
-
Dunster First School5.5 miles
Primary · Minehead
-
Crowcombe CofE VA Primary School5.5 miles
Primary · Taunton
Common questions
- What year groups does Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery teach?
- Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 9. It is a primary school in Watchet.
- Who is the headteacher of Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery?
- The headteacher of Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery is Mrs Laura Weaver, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery?
- Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery has 173 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 9.
- Is Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery full?
- Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery has capacity for 240 pupils and 173 on roll (72%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery a faith school?
- Yes. Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery is designated Church of England/Methodist, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
- Does Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery's absence rate?
- Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 30 June 2026.