Mells Church First School
Primary · Frome · BA11 3QE
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 13 October 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
51 pupils · 57% of 90 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 10.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 6.8% of pupils
- URN
- 151284
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place11 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
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
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.