Avishayes Community Primary School
Fairway Rise, Chard, TA20 1NS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- AVISHAYES PRIMARY SCHOOL AND EARLY YEARS CENTRE
- Headteacher
- Clare Rinaldi
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 239
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- URN
- 137174
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0146063050
About this school
Avishayes Community Primary School is a primary academy in Chard. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 199 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 27 | 32 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 16% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 41% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | 25% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 37% | 25% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 99.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Avishayes Community 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 | 41% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 16% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 219 |
| 2023/24 | 220 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Avishayes Community Primary School compares
Avishayes Community Primary School ranked 127th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 7% | 31.2% | 199 | — |
| The Redstart Primary School | 67% | 5.2% | 22.3% | 444 | 0.8 miles |
| Manor Court Community Primary School | 75% | 5.8% | 33.1% | 448 | 0.9 miles |
| Tatworth Primary School | 61% | 3.6% | 17.4% | 196 | 2.4 miles |
| Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School | 67% | 5.3% | 10.8% | 117 | 2.4 miles |
| Winsham Primary School | — | 7.3% | 20.7% | 22 | 3.1 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)
- 31.15%
- English as an additional language
- 26%
- Overall absence
- 7.03%
- Persistent absence
- 23.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Redstart Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chard
-
Manor Court Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chard
-
Tatworth Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Chard
-
Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Chard
-
Winsham Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Near Chard
Other schools in Chard
Avishayes Community Primary School ranks 6th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Chard.
- Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School Primary
- Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School Primary
- Manor Court Community Primary School Primary
- Tatworth Primary School Primary
- The Redstart Primary School Primary
- Holyrood Academy Secondary
- 3 Dimensions Special schools
- Chard School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Avishayes Community Primary School teach?
- Avishayes Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Chard.
- Who is the headteacher of Avishayes Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Avishayes Community Primary School is Clare Rinaldi, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Avishayes Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Avishayes Community 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 Avishayes Community Primary School?
- Avishayes Community Primary School has 199 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Avishayes Community Primary School full?
- Avishayes Community Primary School has capacity for 239 pupils and 199 on roll (83%), 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 Avishayes Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Avishayes Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Avishayes Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Avishayes Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Avishayes Community Primary School?
- Avishayes Community Primary School is part of AVISHAYES PRIMARY SCHOOL AND EARLY YEARS CENTRE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Avishayes Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Avishayes Community Primary School rank locally?
- Avishayes Community Primary School ranked 127th of 155 primary schools in Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Avishayes Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Avishayes Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Avishayes Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Avishayes Community 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 1 July 2026.