Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School

[4] The school had been rated outstanding by Ofsted, but as of January 2023[update] had not been inspected since conversion to an Academy on 10 December 2016.

[6] The school is named after Hugh Sexey (1556–1619), a royal auditor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I and later King James I.

[7] Sexey's School in Blackford was originally opened in 1897 in a barn in nearby Stoughton, with 13 pupils.

[9] In 1976, the three-tier Cheddar Valley Community Learning Partnership was established, creating a system of first, middle and comprehensive upper schools in the area.

In September 2010, Hugh Sexey was one of the first two middle schools in England to be awarded specialist Technology College status.

Sculpture designed as a Beacon Project by a combined group of Year 4 pupils from Lympsham First School , working with Year 8 pupils from Hugh Sexey. This statue ceased to exist on 8 September 2011 and was replaced by a willow sculpture designed by Year 6 pupils.