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Trinity Church of England First School

PrimaryAges 2–9AcademyChurch of England

Frome, BA11 4LB · Somerset local authority

Frome’s School Grade C− better than 15% of towns in England

Getting in
58/71
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
297 pupils
99% of its 300 places
Free school meals
12%
12 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Trinity Church of England First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 82% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (58 of 71)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BA11 4) sold for a median £355,000; Frome’s is £320,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Trinity Church of England First School?

82% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

71
families put it first for September 2026
60
places offered
82%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (2), 2021 (19), 2022 (8), 2025 (4), 2026 (13). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership sets the admissions rules. Apply through Somerset council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Frome, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.31 per place
75% got their first choice
Trinity CofE First
1.18 per place
82% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice
0.73 per place
100% got their first choice
0.60 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

289 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.

SEN support
10%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Trinity Church of England First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

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

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Trinity Church of England First 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 →
£355,000
median sale, 299 sales in 36 months · Frome £320,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025BA11 4Frome
BA11 4Frome

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£475K
Semi-detached
£340K
Terraced
£288K
Flat
£135K
BA11 4Frome

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

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDBC−B−CTrinity Church of England F…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Frome, BA11 4LB

Trinity Church of England First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Trinity Church of England First School?

For September 2026, 71 families put Trinity Church of England First School first and 58 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.

What is Trinity Church of England First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near Trinity Church of England First 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.