Fairmead School

State-Funded School

fairmead-school-somerset-south-west

South WestRegion

SomersetLocal Authority

YeovilConstituency

BA21 4NZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Fairmead School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Somerset, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 152 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

26%

Pupils

152

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 152
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 14 June 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Mar 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.