What schools serve Taunton?

There are 57 schools in Taunton, Somerset, including Churchstanton Primary School, Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School, Wellsprings Primary School, Wiveliscombe Primary School, Parkfield Primary School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Taunton?

Taunton has 39 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. There are also 13 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Taunton?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Taunton, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Taunton schools are set by Somerset and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Somerset admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Taunton?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Taunton are set by Somerset as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Taunton

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Taunton has 57 schools in the catchment.school database, with 39 primaries and 5 secondaries. Admissions are administered by Somerset Council, which coordinates all community and voluntary-controlled schools through an annual Composite Prospectus published in September. Taunton has 29 faith schools - the highest proportion of any area in this list - predominantly Church of England, reflecting the county's historic patterns of church-school provision.

Secondary admissions in Taunton are served by Taunton Academy, Bishop Fox's School, and Richard Huish Sixth Form College (post-16). Somerset Council uses straight-line distance as the main oversubscription criterion at community secondaries once sibling and looked-after children are prioritised. The county operates no grammar schools. Popular primaries in the town centre, such as Wellsprings Primary and Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary, can close their catchments within one mile. Families in outlying parishes such as Bishops Hull and Norton Fitzwarren are advised to check Somerset's last-offered distance data before applying.

School demand in Taunton

Across the 54 schools in Taunton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 86%. 11 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

29 schools in Taunton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

29 of the schools in Taunton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Somerset, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

19 of the schools in Taunton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 13 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Taunton: 10 oversubscribed (39)

Churchstanton Primary School

Primary · Community school

Taunton · TA3 7RL

Ages 4-11 73 pupils Capacity 88

Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-School

Primary · Community school

Taunton · TA4 1JP

Ages 4-11 185 pupils Capacity 210

Wellsprings Primary School

Primary · Community school

Taunton · TA2 7NF

Ages 3-11 291 pupils Capacity 355

Wiveliscombe Primary School

Primary · Community school

Taunton · TA4 2LA

Ages 4-11 211 pupils Capacity 260

Parkfield Primary School

Primary · Community school

Taunton · TA1 4RT

Ages 4-11 436 pupils Capacity 420

Holway Park Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Taunton · TA1 2JA

Ages 4-11 369 pupils Capacity 434

Curry Mallet Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school

Taunton · TA3 6TA

Ages 2-11 58 pupils Capacity 90

Stogumber CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school

Taunton · TA4 3TQ

Ages 4-11 43 pupils Capacity 49

Creech St Michael Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school

Taunton · TA3 5QQ

Ages 4-11 270 pupils Capacity 294

Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school

Taunton · TA2 8JH

Ages 5-11 115 pupils Capacity 119