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Rode Methodist VC First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Voluntary controlled
High Street, Rode, Frome BA11 6NZ · rodeandnortonschoolfederation.co.uk · 01373 830523
On the mapSearch near BA11 6NZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 75
- 83% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.7%
- First language not English
- 5.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 18 places were offered; 94% 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 | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 76% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Rode Methodist VC First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 14
- 20% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 7% who had a child bullied