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Christ Church First School

Primary · Frome · BA11 5AJ

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 1 March 2026

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At a glance

47 pupils · 20% of 240 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–9
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
66% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
26.9% of pupils
EHC plan
14.9% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.christchurchschoolfrome.org.uk/
URN
149487

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.60 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 9 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

60% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 20% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£12,149
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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