Schools by area › Somerset › Mells Church First School
Mells Church First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Academy
Mells Green, Mells, Frome BA11 3QE · beckingtonandmellsfederation.co.uk · 01373 812380
On the mapSearch near BA11 3QE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2021
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 51
- 57% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Free school meals
- 7.8%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 10 families put the school first and 11 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 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 17 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 16 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 October 2021, Ofsted’s outcome for Mells Church First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Oct 2021
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123767)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123767), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123767)
Sept 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123767)