Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy
Primary · Yeovil · BA21 4LD
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 2 November 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
156 pupils · 87% of 180 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 36.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150875
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 2 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place25 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Yeovil school admissions · Somerset school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 48% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Black African 12% (Somerset 3%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 11% (Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 10% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 7% (Somerset 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Somerset 0%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Somerset 0%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Somerset 0%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Somerset: 3.60 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
50% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,027; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £58,000; in-year balance +£9,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 29% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 13.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 70.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 8.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 11.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 15.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 12.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029240 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £192,500366 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £158,000–£230,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 15an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted