Frome Valley CofE VA First School
State-Funded School
Not published
No overall grade
About the School
Frome Valley CofE VA First School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–9, located in Dorset, South West.
It currently serves 141 pupils. Frome Valley CofE VA First School is part of WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Requires improvement
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Early yearsprovision
Requires improvement
Academic Performance
No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
50%Boys
50%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2 – 9
- Deprivation band
- Less deprived
- Total pupils
- 141
- IDACI quintile
- 2 (More deprived)
- MAT name
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2025 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Good | Not judged |
| 18 Jun 2013 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester
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Sunninghill Preparatory School
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St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
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Wool Church of England Primary School
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