Schools in Yeovil
Yeovil's 31 schools are overseen by Somerset Council, with 22 primaries and 3 secondaries serving the county's second-largest town alongside nursery and specialist provision. Somerset uses a measured straight-line distance tie-breaker for community schools after sibling and medical/social priority bands; the town's secondaries - including The Westfield Academy, Preston School and Buckler's Mead - each draw from distinct residential zones across a town that has grown significantly through peripheral housing developments.
Primary demand in newer Yeovil neighbourhoods such as Brimsmore and Barwick edges can be acute, as catchment distances to nearest schools are shorter and new housing brings sudden population spikes. Somerset's admissions team publishes final distance thresholds each April, and families should use postcode-level mapping to confirm their nearest school before assuming proximity guarantees a place.
School demand in Yeovil
Across the 28 schools in Yeovil with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 94%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
9 schools in Yeovil have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
16 of the schools in Yeovil are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Somerset, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
15 of the schools in Yeovil have a current Ofsted rating, of which 13 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Yeovil: 6 oversubscribed (22)
Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Yeovil · BA22 9TH
East Coker Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Yeovil · BA22 9HY
Milford Infants' School
Primary · Community school
Yeovil · BA21 4PG
Reckleford Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Yeovil · BA21 4ET
Birchfield Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Yeovil · BA21 5RL
Chilthorne Domer Church School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Yeovil · BA22 8RD
West Coker CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Yeovil · BA22 9AS
St Margaret's School, Tintinhull
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Yeovil · BA22 8PX
Oaklands Primary School
Primary · Community school
Yeovil · BA20 2DU
St. Michael's Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 4JW
Preston CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 3SN
Huish Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA20 1AY
Kingfisher Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Yeovil · BA22 8FJ
Primrose Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Yeovil · BA21 5FH
Holy Trinity Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA20 2PW
All Saints Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · TA15 6XG
Countess Gytha Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA22 7FF
North Cadbury Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Yeovil · BA22 7DE
Milford Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 4PG
St Gildas Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 4EG
Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 4LD
Ilchester Community School
Primary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA22 8JL
Secondary Schools in Yeovil (3)
Preston School Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 3JD
Westfield Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 3DB
Buckler's Mead School
Secondary · Academy converter
Yeovil · BA21 4NH
Other Schools in Yeovil (6)
Hazlegrove Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Yeovil · BA22 7JA
Fairmead School
Not applicable · Community special school
Yeovil · BA21 4NZ
Fiveways Special School
Not applicable · Community special school
Yeovil · BA21 5AZ
Yeovil College
All through · Further education
Yeovil · BA21 4DR
Cambian Lufton College
Not applicable · Special post 16 institution
Yeovil · BA22 8ST
South Somerset Partnership School
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Yeovil · BA21 4EN
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Yeovil are set by Somerset and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.