# Buckler's Mead School

Buckler's Mead School is a secondary school in Somerset, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 812 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E148830. [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 812
- Council: Somerset
- URN: 148830

## 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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Buckler's Mead School was 45.3, against 43.4 in Somerset and 46.2 in England.
43.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.3 | 43.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43.4% | 39.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.6% | 60.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 145 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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.

- [Fairmead School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairmead-school-e123940): 190 m. Special. School remains Good, June 2023
- [Birchfield Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchfield-community-primary-school-e123730): 580 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Milford Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/milford-junior-school-e147420): 660 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Milford Infants' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/milford-infants-school-e123724): 730 m. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met
- [St. Michael's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-academy-e138843): 1.1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 75% 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): 1.2 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2022, before the school changed

## 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/148830)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148830)

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