Holway Park Community Primary School, Taunton

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at Holway Park Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 55% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 71% in Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (55% in reading, 60% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put Holway Park Community Primary School as their first choice and 72 named it as one of their preferences, for 43 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holway Park Community Primary School are Blackbrook Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 85% reading, 82% maths); Minerva Primary School (0.6 miles, 72% reading, 67% maths); Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 65% reading, 65% maths); and St James Church School (0.7 miles, Good, 68% reading, 66% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Holway Park Community Primary School.

31 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Holway Park Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 71% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 44% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (44%).

35.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (68%), Asian (8%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 27 pupils (8.1%) received SEN support and 55 (16.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Holway Park Community Primary School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 50 places, 50 pupils on roll.

Holway Park Community Primary School had 24 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Taunton Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Normandy Drive (nw-bound), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 365 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Somerset (22), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Holway Park Community Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.