Birchfield Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Birchfield Road, Yeovil, BA21 5RL – View on map
- Phone: 01935427609
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Judy Parker
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 44 families put it first for 49 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 49 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 114
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.9%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 21% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.4% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Somerset: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Somerset, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 71% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 81st of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =73West Monkton Church of England School60%
- =73Wiveliscombe Primary School60%
- =81Birchfield Community Primary School59%
- =81Chilthorne Domer Church School59%
- =81Dulverton Junior School59%
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13th of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #11Axbridge Church of England First School AcademyGood
- #12Beech Grove Primary SchoolGood
- #13Birchfield Community Primary SchoolGood
- #14Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, TauntonGood
- #15Bishops Hull Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,228 (2024-25)
86th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #84Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre£7,289
- #85Northgate Primary School£7,233
- #86Birchfield Community Primary School£7,228
- #87Castle Primary School£7,208
- #88Norton Sub Hamdon Church School£7,200
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