St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome

Academy converter·Primary school Frome, Somerset·BA11 3AP
Composite score
53.6
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#5,973
National rank
#562
In South West
#45
In Somerset
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 20 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20231.0020241.0020250.752026

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

Every child who put St Louis Catholic Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
186
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,484
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome at a glance

Located in Frome, Somerset, St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 186 pupils aged 4 to 11. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 28.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome 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.

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