Primary
Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School
Fairend Lane, Buckland St Mary, Chard, TA20 3SJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 54 of 90 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2021
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
71%
106.0
5th of 6 by our score, among the primary schools in Chard we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 71% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Fairend Lane, Buckland St Mary, Chard, TA20 3SJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Somerset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ethne Staniland
- Address
- Fairend Lane, Buckland St Mary, Chard, TA20 3SJ
- Telephone
- 01460234251