Berkley Church of England First School

Voluntary aided school·First school Frome, Somerset·BA11 5JH

School type

First school

Ages 5–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Berkley Church of England First School is a first school for pupils aged 5–9. 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%

6 first choices, 9 places

First choices per place

0.67

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 9 places

Applications from another council area

14%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.33

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1 per place

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

Every child who put Berkley Church of England 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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Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–9
Pupils on roll: 75
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

14.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,812

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Selwood Academy Frome · 1.6 mi 56.6 St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome Frome · 2.4 mi 53.6 Avanti Park School Frome · 2.5 mi 45.2 Oakfield Academy Frome · 3.0 mi 37.6 Hemington Primary School Radstock · 5.6 mi 32.5 Kilmersdon Church School Radstock · 7.5 mi 32.5 Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School Radstock · 8.0 mi 63.9

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 Berkley Church of England First School

Berkley Church of England First School is a primary school in Frome, Somerset, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 75 pupils aged 5 to 9 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Berkley Church of England First School their first choice was offered one of its 9 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 14.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Berkley Church of England First School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.