Critchill Special School
Frome, BA11 4LB · Somerset local authority
Frome’s School Grade C− better than 15% of towns in England
What stands out about Critchill Special School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Over capacity: 96 pupils for 85 places
- 43% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Homes in its postcode sector (BA11 4) sold for a median £355,000; Frome’s is £320,000
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 202597 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Critchill Special School
Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), November 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), June 2023.
Living near Critchill Special School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in BA11 4, the school’s postcode sector
Frome property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in BA11 4 sell for a little over Frome’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
9 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Frome, BA11 4LB
Critchill Special School: common questions
What is Critchill Special School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (November 2024).
How much do houses cost near Critchill Special School?
Homes in its postcode sector, BA11 4, sold for a median £355,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (299 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Frome’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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