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Frome Vale Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Frenchay Road, Downend, Bristol BS16 2QS · fromevaleacademy.clf.uk · 0117 353 2902
On the mapSearch near BS16 2QS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bristol, City of 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.60 mi
- 0.96 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bristol Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 203
- 97% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- First language not English
- 22.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.60 mi (964 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.85 mi (1.37 km). Source: Bristol Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 35 | 1.3▲ | 69% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 40 | 1.4▲ | 68% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.60 mi0.96 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.85 mi1.37 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.56 mi0.90 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Bristol, City of it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Frome Vale Academy on 24 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 24 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Positive
- 95%
- Replies
- 40
- 20% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (10%) whose child was bullied
based on 7 parents (18%) with SEND