Vallis First School, Frome
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Vallis First School is a caring community where children thrive both academically and personally. The school excels at teaching reading from the very start, and has made impressive improvements to maths, particularly in times tables. Children benefit from a rich personal development programme that helps them understand the world around them and value differences.
Key Strengths
- Strong relationships between staff and pupils, with effective pastoral support helping children feel safe and settled
- Excellent reading provision from Reception Year onwards, with skilled staff supporting all pupils including those needing extra help
- Significant improvements to mathematics curriculum, including strong focus on times table fluency
- Well-designed personal development curriculum that helps pupils understand fairness, equality, and the wider world
- Quick identification and effective support for pupils with SEND, allowing them to access the curriculum alongside peers
Areas for Improvement
- In some foundation subjects, older pupils have gaps in prior knowledge that make it hard to learn new content - the school needs better strategies to identify and address these gaps
- Tasks in some foundation subjects are not well matched to what pupils need to learn, making it difficult for them to secure their knowledge
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created a positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Library roles, nurse assistant roles, spick and span team, school ambassadors, trips to local river and historical sites, breakfast club
Vallis First School is a rapidly improving school with a warm, welcoming community where pupils and staff feel valued. The school has worked at pace to address previous weaknesses and is now in a position of stability with good outcomes across all key areas.
At a Glance
25.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
70 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
25.2
Avg class size
26.0
Infant (KS1)
24.0
KS2
5
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
65%
Available places
185 pupils
283 capacity
98 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Frome
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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 Absence2024/25
6.41372%
Overall absence
16.40212%
Persistent absence
189
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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