Birchfield Community Primary School is a primary school located in Yeovil. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 26/06/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing and progress in maths are average, progress in reading is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Birchfield Road, Yeovil

School Information

Address: Birchfield Road, Yeovil, BA21 5RL
Website: https://www.birchfieldprimaryschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01935427609
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Richard Culham
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 123730

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 26/06/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 416
Number of Boys: 219
Number of Girls: 197

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.1 Confidence interval -3.7 to -0.5
Writing
Average: -0.3 Confidence interval -1.7 to 1.2
Maths
Average: -1.3 Confidence interval -2.7 to 0.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:63%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:5%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birchfield Community Primary School
Birchfield Road , BA21 5RL 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Primrose Lane Primary School
Cunningham Road , BA21 5FH 		4out of 4 890 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
St. Michael's Academy
Grass Royal , BA21 4JW 		2out of 4 1,047 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy
St Michael's Avenue , BA21 4LD 		2out of 4 1,071 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Milford Junior School
Glenthorne Avenue , BA21 4PG 		3out of 4 1,197 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Buckler's Mead School
1 St. Johns Road , BA21 4NH 		- not rated 637 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Westfield Academy
Stiby Road , BA21 3EP 		3out of 4 2,726 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Yeovil College
Mudford Road , BA21 4DR 		- not rated 1,827 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fairmead School
Mudford Road , BA21 4NZ 		3out of 4 730 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Fiveways Special School
Victoria Road , BA21 5AZ 		4out of 4 796 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
South Somerset Partnership School
Dampier Street , BA21 4EN 		3out of 4 1,593 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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