Westfield Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Yeovil · BA21 3DB · Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att839.7
- P8-0.5
- EM5+25%
- Absence9.3%
1.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 148830
Buckler's Mead School
Academy converter · Yeovil · BA21 4NH
Ages 11–16 · 812 pupils · Somerset
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
40.0
Overall absence
9.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-05-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.36
−20+2
Attainment 840.0
English & maths grade 5+35%
English & maths grade 4+61%
EBacc entry44%
EBacc APS: 3.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)22.7%
Unauthorised5.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 802
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill80%
812 pupils · 1,020 places
- Pupils on roll
- 812
- Boys / girls
- 401 / 411
- School capacity
- 1,020
- Capacity fill
- 812 / 1,020 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- FSM pupils
- 257
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
- Sponsor
- Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership
- Headteacher
- Mark Lawrence
Location
- Address
- 1 St. Johns Road
- Postcode
- BA21 4NH
- Town
- Yeovil
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Yeovil, Somerset, 812 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 31.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Preston School Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Yeovil · BA21 3JD · Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att853.9
- P80.2
- EM5+57%
- Absence8.5%
1.6 miles away
Fairmead School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity special school
Yeovil · BA21 4NZ · Somerset
Ages 4–19
- Att80.9
- P8-1.9
- EM5+0%
- Absence9.1%
0.1 miles away
Birchfield Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 5RL · Somerset
Ages 2–11
- KS259%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM27.9%
0.4 miles away
Milford Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4PG · Somerset
Ages 7–11
- KS251%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM30.6%
0.4 miles away
Milford Infants' School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4PG · Somerset
Ages 4–7
- Absence7.7%
- FSM16.7%
0.5 miles away
St. Michael's Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4JW · Somerset
Ages 7–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM32.6%
0.7 miles away
Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4LD · Somerset
Ages 3–7
- Absence6.7%
- FSM24.4%
0.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mark Lawrence
- Telephone
- 01935424454