# Birchfield Community Primary School

Birchfield Community Primary School is a primary school in Somerset, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 409 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E123730. [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 409
- Council: Somerset
- URN: 123730

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), May 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 59% of pupils at Birchfield Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Somerset and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 103 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Buckler's Mead School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bucklers-mead-school-e148830): 580 m. Secondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Fairmead School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairmead-school-e123940): 670 m. Special. School remains Good, June 2023
- [Fiveways Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fiveways-special-school-e123944): 730 m. Special. Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- [Primrose Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/primrose-lane-primary-school-e142327): 810 m. Primary. Standards maintained, May 2025. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pen-mill-infant-and-nursery-academy-e150875): 930 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2022, before the school changed
- [St. Michael's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-academy-e138843): 960 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/123730)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/123730)

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