St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome

Voluntary aided school·First school Frome, Somerset·BA11 1QG
School type
First school
Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome 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%
24 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.7920231.0020240.9020250.962026

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

Every child who put St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome 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
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Age range
4–9
Pupils on roll
201
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,890
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome at a glance

Located in Frome, Somerset, St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 201 pupils aged 4 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome, 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.