West Huntspill Primary School, Highbridge

In its own words: "Welcome to West Huntspill Primary School - We are part of Pathway Trust We are a friendly, nurturing and loving school with big ambitions. We sit at the heart of our local community and inspire our children through lighting up a love of learning. We are a caring, inclusive family school where everyone is welcome."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £2.00 per session.

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils at West Huntspill Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 45% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 71% in Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 67% in reading and 60% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put West Huntspill Primary School as their first choice and 24 named it as one of their preferences, for 13 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

First-choice demand has risen from 8 in 2021 to 13 in 2026, while places went from 9 to 13.

Across Somerset, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Somerset lodged 287 appeals against primary school offers; 137 reached a hearing and 14 succeeded (10.2% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to West Huntspill Primary School are Churchfield Church School (1.1 miles, Good, 47% reading, 37% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (1.7 miles, 74% reading, 80% maths); St Andrew's Church Junior School (1.9 miles, Good); and East Huntspill Primary School (2 miles, 36% reading, 64% maths).

West Huntspill Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

West Huntspill Primary School is one of 20 schools run by Pathway Trust, an academy trust.

47.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 10.8% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Black (9%).

In 2025, 12 pupils (11.8%) received SEN support and 3 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

West Huntspill Primary School employed 6 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 17 pupils. Their average salary was £45,496.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £6,732 per pupil (£0.8 million in total), including £68,175 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West Huntspill School (e-bound), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood West Huntspill Primary School stands in is among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 88 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 2023/24, West Huntspill Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 12.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and no permanent exclusions.