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Birchfield Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
Birchfield Road, Yeovil BA21 5RL · birchfieldprimaryschool.co.uk · 01935 427609
On the mapSearch near BA21 5RL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Somerset 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 409
- 97% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.9%
- First language not English
- 20.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 49 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Somerset it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Birchfield Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 54
- 13% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied