Newbury Manor School, Frome
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Newbury Manor School excels at helping every pupil feel valued and included, with particularly strong pastoral support and personal development programmes. The school's careers education is a major strength, with individualised work experience and community-based activities that build pupils' confidence and employability. Staff are caring and attentive, greeting each pupil personally each day and quickly addressing any barriers to attendance or wellbeing.
Key Strengths
- Excellent pastoral support and personal development, with high-quality enrichment activities in art, sport and music
- Strong careers education that is individualised and helps pupils transition successfully to education, training or employment
- Well-designed informal and semi-formal curriculum pathways where pupils make good progress from their starting points
- Warm, caring relationships between staff and pupils with effective behaviour support
- Inclusive school culture with clear focus on preparing pupils for independent adult life
Areas for Improvement
- Formal curriculum pathway is not well designed or ambitious enough - pupils do not build knowledge effectively across all subject areas
- Recent leadership instability has negatively impacted school provision and quality of teaching
- Some curriculum pathways lack flexibility to adjust quickly when pupils' needs change
- Post-16 formal curriculum pathway needs review to offer more ambitious qualifications
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Art, sport, music, charity fundraising events, student council, diversity rocks group, work experience, community volunteering, art projects exploring local trees
Newbury Manor School is an inclusive school where pupils quickly feel they belong and are valued. The school provides strong personal development and wellbeing support, though recent leadership instability has impacted the quality of the formal curriculum pathway.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
62 pupils
65 capacity
3 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Frome
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Frome
Admissions Demand - Somerset
Places available
5,071
Applications
4,601
Got 1st preference
92.0%
Got preferred school
96.7%
Secondary admissions across Somerset (2025/26)
Inspection History(9)
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