Buckler's Mead Academy is a secondary school and specialist

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, England. As of 2014, it has 907 students between the ages of 11 and 16. The school offers a range of subjects including art, beliefs and values, citizenship, drama, geography, history, mathematics, modern foreign languages, music, physical education and technology. In August 2011, the school became an

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Year groups

The school is split like most other secondary schools in

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into five-year groups ranging from 7 through to 11. Each year group contains approximately 200 students, separated into six groups of around 30 students called tutor groups. Each tutor group has a form tutor. Tutor groups meet once a day for registration, in the morning at the very beginning of the school day, 8:30. Every year group is led by a year coordinator.

Ofsted inspection judgements

As of 2021, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2019, with a judgement of Inadequate.

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