Cotford St Luke Primary School
Bethell Mead, Cotford St Luke, Taunton, TA4 1HZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Wright
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- URN
- 133560
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01823430831
About this school
Cotford St Luke Primary School is a community primary school in Taunton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 201 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 46 | 35 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 54% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 74% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 63% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 71% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.60 | - | - |
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 Cotford St Luke 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 | 55% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 255 |
| 2023/24 | 238 |
| 2024/25 | 230 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cotford St Luke Primary School compares
Cotford St Luke Primary School ranked 131st of 155 primary schools in Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 6.4% | 15.2% | 201 | — |
| Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC Primary | 40% | 4.7% | 11.8% | 67 | 1.3 miles |
| Bishops Lydeard Church School | 42% | 5.6% | 22.2% | 196 | 1.6 miles |
| Norton Fitzwarren Church School | 53% | 4.9% | 15.8% | 306 | 1.9 miles |
| Staplegrove Church School | 63% | 3.2% | 8.8% | 206 | 2.7 miles |
| Bishops Hull Primary School | 76% | 5% | 17.7% | 205 | 2.8 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.22%
- English as an additional language
- 20.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 17.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC Primary1.3 miles
Primary · Taunton
-
Bishops Lydeard Church School1.6 miles
Primary · Taunton
-
Norton Fitzwarren Church School1.9 miles
Primary · Taunton
-
Staplegrove Church School2.7 miles
Primary · Taunton
-
Bishops Hull Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Taunton
Other schools in Taunton
Cotford St Luke Primary School ranks 28th of the 36 ranked primary schools in Taunton.
- Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton Primary
- Bishops Hull Primary School Primary
- Bishops Lydeard Church School Primary
- Blackbrook Primary School Primary
- Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School Primary
- Churchstanton Primary School Primary
- Creech St Michael Church of England Primary School Primary
- Crowcombe CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Curry Mallet Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holway Park Community Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cotford St Luke Primary School teach?
- Cotford St Luke Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Taunton.
- Who is the headteacher of Cotford St Luke Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cotford St Luke Primary School is Mr Michael Wright, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cotford St Luke Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cotford St Luke Primary School, 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 Cotford St Luke Primary School?
- Cotford St Luke Primary School has 201 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Cotford St Luke Primary School full?
- Cotford St Luke Primary School has capacity for 300 pupils and 201 on roll (67%), 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 Cotford St Luke Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cotford St Luke Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cotford St Luke Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cotford St Luke Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cotford St Luke Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cotford St Luke Primary School rank locally?
- Cotford St Luke Primary School ranked 131st of 155 primary schools in Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cotford St Luke Primary School's absence rate?
- Cotford St Luke Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cotford St Luke Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cotford St Luke 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 30 June 2026.