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Vallis First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Community school
Milk Street, Frome BA11 3DB · vallisfirstschool.org.uk · 01373 462657
On the mapSearch near BA11 3DB
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 185
- 65% of 283 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25.9%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 41 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 41 | 30 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 34 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Vallis First School on 3 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (70 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 70
- 34% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (23%) with SEND