Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School
Buckland St Mary, Chard, TA20 3SJ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Head of School
- Mrs Ethne Staniland
- Religious ethos
- None
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 69
- URN
- 141740
- Local authority
- Somerset
About this school
Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School was a Church of England primary academy in Chard. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 69 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in March 2015, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 43% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 43% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -4.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 29% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.4% | 20% | 69 | — |
| Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School | 71% | 3.9% | 16% | 54 | 0.0 miles |
| Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School | 67% | 5.3% | 10.8% | 117 | 2.4 miles |
| Neroche Primary School | 76% | 5% | 6.2% | 233 | 3.7 miles |
| The Redstart Primary School | 67% | 5.2% | 22.3% | 444 | 4.0 miles |
| Ashill Community Primary School | 67% | 8% | 11.1% | 34 | 4.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.4%
- Persistent absence
- 11.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Chard
-
Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Chard
-
Neroche Primary School3.7 miles
Primary · Ilminster
-
The Redstart Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Chard
-
Ashill Community Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Ilminster
Other schools in Chard
- Avishayes Community Primary School Primary
- Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School Primary
- Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School Primary
- Manor Court Community Primary School Primary
- Tatworth Primary School Primary
- The Redstart Primary School Primary
- Holyrood Academy Secondary
- 3 Dimensions Special schools
- Chard School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School teach?
- Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Chard.
- Has Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School?
- Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School had 69 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.