Nunney First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–9 · Frome, Somerset
Nunney First School is a primary school in Frome, Somerset for ages 4–9 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 October 2024.
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Catchment area for Nunney First School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Catch Road, Nunney, Frome, BA11 4NE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–9
- Council
- Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 76 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils like attending this small happy school.”
- “There is a warm ‘family feel’.”
- “Children learn the routines and the high expectations of the school right from the start.”
To improve
- “However, there are occasions when teaching does not enable pupils to get the immediate help they need if they make errors in lessons or get stuck.”
- “Also, at times, teaching does not prioritise more complex subject content as soon as pupils are ready to learn it.”
- “Some pupils do not apply their phonic knowledge to spell accurately.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Somerset.
- Mells Church First School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Trinity Church of England First School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Christ Church First School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Leigh On Mendip School 3.0 mi Good
- Vallis First School 3.0 mi Not judged
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome 3.0 mi Requires improvement
- St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome 3.0 mi Not judged
- Hayesdown First School 3.8 mi School remains Good