Marchant Holliday School
Marchant Holliday School is an independent special school in Templecombe for boys aged 5 to 14. It has 65 pupils and room for 75.
North Cheriton, Templecombe, BA8 0AH0196333234marchant-holliday.co.ukMrs Sarah Sellick headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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 | 65 | 51 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 48 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsington Church School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 93 | Not inspected | 14 | Compare |
| King Arthur's School | Academy | 1.8 miles | 450 | No overall grade 2025 | 26 | Compare |
| Wincanton Primary School | Council | 2.0 miles | 388 | Good 2020 | 33 | Compare |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary | Academy | 2.2 miles | 107 | No overall grade 2025 | 20 | Compare |
| Abbas and Templecombe Church School | Academy | 2.4 miles | 109 | Not inspected | 72 | Compare |
| Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School | Academy | 2.4 miles | 49 | Good 2023 | 4 | Compare |
| North Cadbury Church of England Primary School | Academy | 3.6 miles | 100 | Good 2023 | 86 | Compare |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge | Academy | 4.2 miles | 92 | No overall grade 2025 | 3 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Marchant Holliday School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Marchant Holliday School yet.
How many pupils does Marchant Holliday School have?
65 pupils aged 5 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 75 places, so it is 87% full. It is a boys' school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- North Cheriton, Templecombe, BA8 0AH
- Telephone
- 0196333234
- Website
- www.marchant-holliday.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Sellick
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-14
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Ward
- Blackmoor Vale
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 9 October 1957
- URN
- 123920 · LAESTAB 9336089 · UKPRN 10018806
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.