Vallis First School

Community school·First school Frome, Somerset·BA11 3DB

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Vallis First School is a first school for pupils aged 4–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

30 first choices, 41 places

First choices per place

0.73

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

105

any preference, for 41 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020220.7120231.0020240.8320250.732026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Vallis First School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 207
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

29.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

20.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

21.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil

£7,959

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome Frome · 0.1 mi 53.6 Avanti Park School Frome · 0.3 mi 45.2 Oakfield Academy Frome · 0.6 mi 37.6 Selwood Academy Frome · 0.8 mi 56.6 Hemington Primary School Radstock · 4.2 mi 32.5 Kilmersdon Church School Radstock · 5.7 mi 32.5 Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School Radstock · 5.8 mi 63.9 Upton Noble CofE VC Primary School Shepton Mallet · 6.7 mi 46.2

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Vallis First School

Vallis First School is a primary school in Frome, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 207 pupils aged 4 to 9 attend the school.

Vallis First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 30 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. Vallis First School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.