Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry207 applications · 152 places offered · 141 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Somerset median median 1.4
- 2025 1.4; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2024 1.1; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2023 1.1; Somerset median median 1.2
- 2022 1.3; Somerset median median 1.3
- 2021 1.0; Somerset median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2020 1.3; Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Somerset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Buckler's Mead Academy (URN 137193), Bucklers Mead Community School (URN 123890), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 152 | 207 | 1.4 | 141 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 155 | 209 | 1.4 | 149 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 140 | 158 | 1.1 | 112 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 141 | 154 | 1.1 | 119 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 108 | 138 | 1.3 | 98 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 * | 156 | 155 | 1.0 | 110 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2020 * | 139 | 183 | 1.3 | 131 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 * | 151 | 190 | 1.3 | 140 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 147 | 190 | 1.3 | 145 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 * | 139 | 185 | 1.3 | 132 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 164 | 204 | 1.2 | 162 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 145 | 196 | 1.4 | 145 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 157 | 220 | 1.4 | 154 | 0.98 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 145 | 45.3 | 43% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 150 | 44.5 | 42% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 136 | 40.0 | 35% | 61% | −0.36 |
| 2022/23 | 144 | 47.2 | 46% | 69% | +0.16 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Buckler's Mead SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.4applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SomersetRemains Good20232.0applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SomersetGood20231.9applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.5applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 13.6 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · SomersetSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 17.3 km · Somerset20261.3applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 17.8 km · SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148830 · 933/4009
- Capacity
- 1,020 pupils · 812 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Replaced
- Buckler's Mead Academy (URN 137193); Bucklers Mead Community School (URN 123890)
- Address
- 1 St. Johns Road, Yeovil, BA21 4NH
- Local authority
- Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources