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53 open schools in Taunton, Somerset · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Somerset schools · grammar schools in Taunton

Taunton has 53 state schools: 39 primary, 7 secondary, part of Somerset's wider catchment. 47 have a published Ofsted rating, and 32 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Bishop Fox's School Taunton · Good Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton Taunton · Good Bishops Hull Primary School Taunton · Good Bishops Lydeard Church School Taunton · Good Blackbrook Primary School Taunton · Good Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School Taunton · Good Churchstanton Primary School Taunton · Good Cotford St Luke Primary School Taunton · Not judged Creech St Michael Church of England Primary School Taunton · Good Crowcombe CofE VA Primary School Taunton · Good Curry Mallet Church of England Primary School Taunton · Not judged Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School Taunton · Requires improvement Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School Taunton · Requires improvement Holway Park Community Primary School Taunton · Good Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Taunton · Good King's College Prep Taunton King's College Taunton Taunton Kingsmead Academy Taunton · Not judged Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School Taunton · Good Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School Taunton · Not judged Lyngford Park Primary School Taunton · Good Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School Taunton · Good Minerva Primary School Taunton · Requires improvement Monkton Wood Academy Taunton · Inadequate Nerrols Primary School and Nursery Taunton · Good North Curry CofE Primary School Taunton · Not judged North Town Academy Taunton · Good Norton Fitzwarren Church School Taunton · Good Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC Primary Taunton · Not judged Orchard Grove Primary School Taunton Parkfield Primary School Taunton · Good Priorswood Primary School Taunton · Good Pyrland School Taunton · Not judged Queen's College Taunton Richard Huish College Taunton · Outstanding Ruishton Church of England School Taunton · Good Selworthy Special School Taunton · Good St Andrew's Church School Taunton · Not judged St George's Catholic School Taunton · Good St James Church School Taunton · Not judged St Peter's Church of England First School Taunton · Good Staplegrove Church School Taunton · Good Stogumber CofE Primary School Taunton · Good Stoke St Gregory Church of England Primary School Taunton · Requires improvement Taunton Preparatory School Taunton Taunton School Taunton The Castle School Taunton · Outstanding The Sky Academy Taunton · Inadequate Thurlbear Church of England Primary School Taunton · Good Trull Church of England VA Primary School Taunton · Good Wellsprings Primary School Taunton · Good West Monkton Church of England School Taunton · Good Wiveliscombe Primary School Taunton · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Crowcombe CofE VA Primary School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holway Park Community Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Norton Fitzwarren Church School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Nerrols Primary School and Nursery Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wellsprings Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Parkfield Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bishops Hull Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Somerset

Primary schools: LA has a defined 'catchment school' concept; some individual academies choose not to prioritise it in their own criteria. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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