Christ Church First School, Frome
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Christ Church First School excels at creating an inclusive, caring environment where every child feels valued and supported. The school has particularly strong phonics and early reading teaching that helps pupils become confident readers, and staff are exceptionally skilled at identifying and supporting pupils with additional needs or disadvantages. Staff build trusting relationships with families and pupils genuinely enjoy learning here.
Key Strengths
- Strong phonics teaching and early reading focus, with pupils developing into confident and fluent readers
- Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils, who make suitable progress from their starting points
- Positive behaviour and attendance improving across all groups, with a calm and orderly school environment
- Ambitious and well-planned curriculum with enriching topics that boost pupil enjoyment and knowledge
- Exceptional inclusion practices with leaders knowing each pupil as an individual and providing tailored support
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils struggle to retain knowledge in certain subjects and do not develop detailed knowledge across the whole curriculum
- Pupils do not always get enough practice in important skills like handwriting, spelling and sentence construction before moving to more challenging work
- Communication and language development in early years is inconsistent, with staff not always having high-quality conversations with children
- Continued focus needed on further improving attendance rates
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. The school has established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Archery, boccia, street dance, Christmas nativity performances, arts and performance skills activities
Christ Church First School is a calm and inclusive school where pupils generally progress well and benefit from a relentless drive by leaders to provide high-quality education for all. The school has made thoughtful improvements since joining the trust, with strong focus on phonics, reading, and supporting disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.
At a Glance
66.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
13.4
Avg class size
11.5
Infant (KS1)
20.0
KS2
5
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
20%
Available places
47 pupils
240 capacity
193 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Frome
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Frome
Admissions Demand - Somerset
Places available
6,463
Applications
5,059
Got 1st preference
95.3%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Somerset (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.80735%
Overall absence
22.95082%
Persistent absence
61
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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