Mells Church First School
Primary · Frome · BA11 3QE
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 13 October 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
51 pupils · 57% of 90 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151284
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 October 2021 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place11 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Frome school admissions · Somerset school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 98% (Somerset 81%, England 60%) · White Irish 2% (Somerset 0%, England 0%)
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)
1.69 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Somerset: 3.60 suspensions and 0.04 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.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
14.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 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 £53,114; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 41% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 38.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.7% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 52.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 73.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 5.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 21.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 54.5% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 39.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029053 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £530,50012 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £305,000–£903,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 1a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
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
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