Secondary
Buckler's Mead School
1 St. Johns Road, Yeovil, BA21 4NH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 812 of 1020 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 62.4
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 759
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
42%
44.5
2nd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Yeovil we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 |
| Entered the EBacc | 42% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37% |
| 22/23 | 46% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.25 |
| 22/23 | +0.16 |
| 23/24 | -0.36 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.0 |
| 22/23 | 47.2 |
| 23/24 | 40.0 |
| 24/25 | 44.5 |
1 St. Johns Road, Yeovil, BA21 4NH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Somerset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mark Lawrence
- Address
- 1 St. Johns Road, Yeovil, BA21 4NH
- Telephone
- 01935424454