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Berkley Church of England First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Voluntary aided
Berkley Street, Berkley, Frome BA11 5JH · berkleyschool.co.uk · 01373 887390
On the mapSearch near BA11 5JH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 49
- 45% of 110 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Free school meals
- 12.2%
- First language not English
- 2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 9 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 | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 16 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 94% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Berkley Church of England First School on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Mar 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 46
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied