Mells Church First School

Academy converter·First school Frome, Somerset·BA11 3QE

School type

First school

Ages 5–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Mells Church 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%

10 first choices, 11 places

First choices per place

0.91

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 11 places

Every child who put Mells Church 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).

School profile

Age range: 5–9
Pupils on roll: 59
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

6.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil

£7,966

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School Radstock · 2.5 mi 63.9 Oakfield Academy Frome · 2.8 mi 37.6 Hemington Primary School Radstock · 2.9 mi 32.5 Kilmersdon Church School Radstock · 3.0 mi 32.5 St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome Frome · 3.3 mi 53.6 Avanti Park School Frome · 3.3 mi 45.2 Stoke St Michael Primary School Radstock · 3.7 mi 21.4 Selwood Academy Frome · 4.0 mi 56.6

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

Mells Church First School at a glance

Located in Frome, Somerset, Mells Church First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 59 pupils aged 5 to 9.

Mells Church First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Mells Church 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.