Frome Community College
Secondary · Frome · BA11 2HQ
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 5 October 2023
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1,298 pupils · 87% of 1,497 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 13–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 17% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.fromecollege.org
- URN
- 150667
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 5 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
GCSE results (2024/2025)
284 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| The Priory School | 48.5 | |
| Woodcote High School | 46.1 | |
| Trinity School | 46.7 | |
| Calderstones School | 46.1 | |
| Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College | 47.6 | |
| Rednock School | 44.9 | |
| The Marlborough Science Academy | 43.4 | |
| Charles Darwin School | 38.9 | |
| Malet Lambert | 41.9 | |
| Hope Academy | 43.8 | |
| Mark Rutherford School | 41.5 | |
| Warlingham School & Sixth Form College | 44.4 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Somerset 81%, England 59%) · Any other White background 5% (Somerset 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 4% (Somerset 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Somerset 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Somerset 1%, England 4%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Somerset 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
4.44 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Somerset: 38.46 suspensions and 0.30 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
79.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,963; 2.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £920,000; in-year balance +£510,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 39.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 91.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 0.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 8.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 70.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 0.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 33.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 14% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029032 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £307,500238 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £245,000–£395,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 2an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
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