Chard School
Chard School is an independent school in Chard for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 58 pupils and room for 120.
Monmouth House, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1QA0146063234chardprep.co.ukMrs Rebecca Pielesz head teacher designateAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Somerset council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 58 | 47 | 47 | 61 | 59 | 61 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 19% | 23% | 25% | 20% | 21% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyrood Academy | Academy | 410 m | 1,282 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| Manor Court Community Primary School | Academy | 480 m | 448 | Good 2019 | 60 | Compare |
| The Redstart Primary School | Academy | 820 m | 444 | Good 2020 | 73 | Compare |
| Avishayes Community Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 199 | No overall grade 2024 | 5 | Compare |
| 3 Dimensions | Independent | 1.2 miles | 69 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Tatworth Primary School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 196 | Good 2022 | 48 | Compare |
| Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School | Church of England | 2.2 miles | 117 | Good 2022 | 94 | Compare |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy | Academy | 2.9 miles | 120 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Chard School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Chard School yet.
How many pupils does Chard School have?
58 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 120 places, so it is 48% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Monmouth House, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1QA
- Telephone
- 0146063234
- Website
- www.chardprep.co.uk
- Head Teacher Designate
- Mrs Rebecca Pielesz
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Ward
- Chard South
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 July 1968
- URN
- 123927 · LAESTAB 9336165 · UKPRN 10075600
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.