St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

SomersetLocal Authority

Frome and East SomersetConstituency

BA11 1QGPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–9, located in Somerset, South West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 185 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

185

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 9
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 185
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Jun 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
18 Oct 2012	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.