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Bucklers Mead Academy

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Buckler's Mead Academy is a secondary school and specialist Technology College in Yeovil, Somerset, 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 academy.

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Buckler's Mead School

St John's Road
BA21 4NH
England, United Kingdom
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Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil
Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil

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