# Fiveways Special School

Fiveways Special School is a special school in Somerset, for pupils aged 4 to 19.

It had 100 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E123944. [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 4 to 19
- Pupils: 100
- Council: Somerset
- URN: 123944

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 18 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
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).


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

| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 103 | 105 |

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

| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 43.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 39.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 60.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 8 | – | – |

Fiveways Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
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.
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.

- [Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pen-mill-infant-and-nursery-academy-e150875): 430 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2022, before the school changed
- [St. Michael's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-academy-e138843): 540 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Birchfield Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchfield-community-primary-school-e123730): 730 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Reckleford Infant School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/reckleford-infant-school-and-nursery-e123726): 920 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023
- [Buckler's Mead School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bucklers-mead-school-e148830): 1.2 km. Secondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Gildas Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-gildas-catholic-primary-school-e148952): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 73% 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/123944)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/123944)

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