Westfield Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Yeovil, BA21 3DB
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Buckler's Mead School
1 St. Johns Road, Yeovil, BA21 4NH
Local ranking13th of 32 secondary schools in Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 145
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 797
- Boys
- 401 (49%)
- Girls
- 411 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1020 (80% full)
- SEND
- 16.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.6%
- EAL
- 16.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 14.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,312/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.0%
- White Other: 7.7%
- Black African: 5.5%
- Asian Indian: 3.6%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
74.0%
White British
7.7%
White Other
5.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
1 St. Johns Road
Yeovil, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 148830
- UKPRN
- 10089404
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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