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Mells Church of England First School

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personMr Adam Summers

location_onFrome, BA11 3QE

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Mells Church of England First School is a Voluntary controlled school primary school in Frome, serving ages 5-9. Rated Good by Ofsted.

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School Summary

Mells Church of England First School is a voluntary controlled school in Frome, Somerset, admitting pupils aged 5-9. The school has approximately 66 pupils on roll.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 62.8%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 3.4 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

30 November 2024

Inspection Report

13 October 2021

Inspection Report

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14 September 2016

Inspection Report

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16 January 2015

Inspection Report

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17 September 2014

Inspection Report

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15 January 2013

Inspection Report

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24 February 2010

Inspection Report

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22 May 2007

Inspection Report

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21 January 2002

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-09-14

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-09-17

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

6.0%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.5%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 67 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 6.0%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	67	4	6.0%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	69	1	1.4%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	70	2	2.9%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	64	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	66	1	1.5%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	66	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	71	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	73	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	70	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	71	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	70	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	71	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	61	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	61	2	3.3%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	64	1	1.6%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	67	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	66	1	1.5%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	65	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	68	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	67	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	65	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	67	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	70	1	1.4%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	70	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Mells Church of England First School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

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