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

  • 4–9Ages
  • 185Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 123843URN

Christchurch Street East, Frome, BA11 1QG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
close to Somerset median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Somerset

45 applications for 25 places · 57th of 130 in Somerset
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 23 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 23 April 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  2. 8 February 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Reception
close to Somerset median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

45 applications · 25 places offered · 24 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Somerset median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.3; Somerset median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Somerset median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Somerset median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.2; Somerset median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.0; Somerset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.5; Somerset median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.3; Somerset median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.2; Somerset median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.6; Somerset median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.5; Somerset median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.7; Somerset median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.5; Somerset median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Somerset median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Somerset median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202625451.8240.96
Sep 202520452.3180.90
Sep 202426592.3261.00
Sep 202334702.1270.79
Sep 202234742.2320.94
Sep 2021551122.0480.87
Sep 2020471162.5400.85
Sep 2019601352.3661.10
Sep 2018581302.2570.98
Sep 2017461212.6420.91
Sep 2016601492.5550.92
Sep 2015601592.7580.97
Sep 2014601522.5590.98

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
123843 · 933/3369
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
300 pupils · 185 on roll
Free school meals
31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Christchurch Street East, Frome, BA11 1QG
Local authority
Somerset

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources