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Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy

Primary school in Yeovil, Somerset. Requires improvement (Nov 2022).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 2 November 2022, report published 13 December 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsRequires improvement
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around May 2025

The last inspection was in November 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. Under 0.1 milesSt. Michael's Academy

    Primary, Yeovil, Somerset

    Standards maintained (Nov 2024)

  2. 0.3 milesReckleford Infant School and Nursery

    Primary, Yeovil, Somerset

    Good (Jun 2023)

  3. 0.5 milesSt Gildas Catholic Primary School

    Primary, Yeovil, Somerset

    No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Sep 2024)

  4. 0.6 milesBirchfield Community Primary School

    Primary, Yeovil, Somerset

    Good (May 2024)

  5. 0.7 milesMilford Junior School

    Primary, Yeovil, Somerset

    School remains Good (Jan 2024)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.