Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4LD · Somerset
Ages 3–7
- Absence6.7%
- FSM24.4%
0.3 miles away
OpenOfsted: OutstandingURN 123944
Fiveways Special School
Community special school · Yeovil · BA21 5AZ
Ages 4–19 · 100 pupils · Somerset
Ofsted
Outstanding
Overall absence
14.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-06-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence14.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)43.8%
Unauthorised1.9%
- Authorised absence
- 12.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 7.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 80
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
100 pupils · 100 places
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- Boys / girls
- 69 / 31
- School capacity
- 100
- Capacity fill
- 100 / 100 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 51.7%
- FSM pupils
- 45
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 4–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Mr Swavek Nowakiewicz
Location
- Address
- Victoria Road
- Postcode
- BA21 5AZ
- Town
- Yeovil
- County
- Somerset
- Local authority
- Somerset
- District
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 4–19, in Yeovil, Somerset, 100 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 51.7%. SEN provision includes: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St. Michael's Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4JW · Somerset
Ages 7–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM32.6%
0.3 miles away
Birchfield Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 5RL · Somerset
Ages 2–11
- KS259%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM27.9%
0.5 miles away
Reckleford Infant School and Nursery
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4ET · Somerset
Ages 2–7
- Absence10.2%
- FSM8.6%
0.6 miles away
Buckler's Mead School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Yeovil · BA21 4NH · Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att840.0
- P8-0.4
- EM5+35%
- Absence9.2%
0.7 miles away
St Gildas Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 4EG · Somerset
Ages 4–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM7.2%
0.7 miles away
Primrose Lane Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Yeovil · BA21 5FH · Somerset
Ages 2–11
- KS256%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM12.5%
0.8 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%
0.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Swavek Nowakiewicz
- Telephone
- 01935476227