Schools in Frome
Frome is a creative market town in east Somerset with 20 state schools - 11 primary and 1 secondary - serving the town and surrounding Mendip villages. Somerset Council coordinates school admissions, applying a distance-based tiebreaker for oversubscribed schools. Frome has a distinctive arts and independent culture, and the town is also served by a number of independent schools, which means the state school intake can be smaller than the town's population might suggest.
Frome College is the main state secondary for the area, with a broad catchment covering Frome and surrounding parishes. Primary admissions in Frome are generally competitive for the most popular central schools, particularly in years with larger cohorts. Somerset's co-ordinated admissions round opens in September for secondary applications and January for primary applications, with Somerset Council publishing catchment maps and last-distance-offered figures each autumn.
School demand in Frome
Across the 20 schools in Frome with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 77%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
9 schools in Frome have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Frome are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Somerset, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
6 of the schools in Frome have a current Ofsted rating, of which 2 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Frome (11)
Vallis First School
Primary · Community school
Frome · BA11 3DB
Berkley Church of England First School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Frome · BA11 5JH
Rode Methodist VC First School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Frome · BA11 6NZ
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Frome · BA11 1QG
Hayesdown First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Frome · BA11 2BN
Nunney First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Frome · BA11 4NE
Christ Church First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Frome · BA11 5AJ
St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome
Primary · Academy converter
Frome · BA11 3AP
Trinity Church of England First School
Primary · Academy converter
Frome · BA11 4LB
Beckington Church First School
Primary · Academy converter
Frome · BA11 6TG
Mells Church First School
Primary · Academy converter
Frome · BA11 3QE
Secondary Schools in Frome (1)
Other Schools in Frome (8)
Newbury Manor School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Frome · BA11 3RG
North Hill House
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Frome · BA11 2HB
Wessex Lodge School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Frome · BA11 4LA
Oakfield Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter
Frome · BA11 4JF
Selwood Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter
Frome · BA11 2EF
Critchill Special School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Frome · BA11 4LB
Avanti Park School
Middle deemed primary · Free schools
Frome · BA11 1EU
Fromefield Manor School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Frome · BA11 2AB
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Frome are set by Somerset and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.