Frome Vale Academy, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Frome Vale Academy on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well and make strong progress."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend school well."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Pupils access a well-designed curriculum that is carefully sequenced and helps them build secure knowledge and skills across all subjects."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "The leaders at Frome Vale Academy have a clearly defined vision for the school and make decisions focused on what is best for the pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school provides a rich, well-designed personal development programme that incorporates personal, social, health and economic education."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years classroom is a vibrant, well‑organised environment with a large, inviting outdoor area."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Frome Vale Academy is an inclusive school where every child is expected to achieve their best."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all staff in the early years plan and enact high‑quality interactions that engage children throughout the day"; "Leaders should embed systems which ensure barriers to learning are consistently addressed for all pupils and across all curriculum areas".

In its own words: "We aim to develop citizens of the world by providing opportunities to embrace diversity, develop positive values, teach life skills and love learning, to enable personal achievement. We provide a calm, purposeful and safe school and welcome parents, the community and other organisations to join us in giving the best education possible."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 5 November 2026 and an open day on Monday 4 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Frome Vale Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Bristol, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 93% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put Frome Vale Academy as their first choice and 115 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Frome Vale Academy are Frenchay Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 93% reading, 89% maths); Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend (0.5 miles, Good, 86% reading, 81% maths); Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend (0.6 miles, Good); and Avanti Gardens School (0.8 miles, Good, 71% reading, 64% maths).

Frome Vale Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Frome Vale Academy is one of 36 schools run by Cabot Learning Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

40 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Frome Vale Academy (as of April 2026): 98% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (93%).

The nearest railway station is Bristol Parkway Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oldbury Court School (s-bound), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 230 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bristol, City of (417).

In 2024/25, Frome Vale Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Frome Vale Academy are South Gloucestershire Hospital Home Teaching Service (0.6 miles), Downend School (1 mile) and Bristol Metropolitan Academy (1.2 miles).