Living in Yeovil with children
Yeovil, Somerset. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 50,170 people in 21,829 households; 28.4% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
27 schools: 22 state primary, 3 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 1 privateYeovil on the schools map →Every school in Yeovil, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (22)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston CofE Primary School | Outstanding | Top 2% (2/161) in Somerset | — |
| Kingfisher Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 3% (4/161) in Somerset | — |
| North Cadbury Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 4% (5/161) in Somerset | — |
| Countess Gytha Primary School | Good | Top 4% (6/161) in Somerset | — |
| All Saints Church School | Standards maintained | Top 15% (23/161) in Somerset | — |
| St. Michael's Academy | Good | Top 17% (27/161) in Somerset | — |
| St Gildas Catholic Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 19% (29/161) in Somerset | — |
| Ilchester Community School | School remains Good | Top 23% (36/161) in Somerset | — |
| Primrose Lane Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 27% (42/161) in Somerset | — |
| Huish Primary School | Outstanding | Top 32% (51/161) in Somerset | — |
| Holy Trinity Church School | Good | Top 37% (58/161) in Somerset | — |
| St Margaret's School, Tintinhull | Good | Top 38% (61/161) in Somerset | — |
| East Coker Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 43% (68/161) in Somerset | — |
| Oaklands Primary School | Good | Top 47% (75/161) in Somerset | — |
| Birchfield Community Primary School | Good | (88/161) in Somerset | — |
| Chilthorne Domer Church School | Ofsted report card | (89/161) in Somerset | — |
| Milford Junior School | School remains Good | (112/161) in Somerset | — |
| Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School | Requires improvement | (161/161) in Somerset | — |
| Milford Infants' School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Reckleford Infant School and Nursery | Good | — | — |
| West Coker CofE VC Primary School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston School Academy | Good | Top 22% (6/28) in Somerset | — |
| Westfield Academy | School remains Good | Top 40% (11/28) in Somerset | — |
| Buckler's Mead School | Good | Top 43% (12/28) in Somerset | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeovil College | Ofsted report card | Top 46% (5/11) in Somerset | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazlegrove Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (136 detached, 204 semi-detached, 194 terraced, 86 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Yeovil. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Yeovil →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 87% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 1,838 postcodes in BA21, BA22, BA20. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 17 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 20 in Somerset.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Somerset
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Somerset.
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