Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

bishop-henderson-church-of-england-primary-school-somerset-south-west

South WestRegion

SomersetLocal Authority

Frome and East SomersetConstituency

BA3 5PNPostcode

0.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Somerset, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 133 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 21 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

91%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

133

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 133
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
6 Mar 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
17 Sept 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.