Secondary school

Frome Community College

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 13–18
  • Mixed
  • Somerset
  • BA11 2HQ
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2014

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,170 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 67%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 58%58%2016/17: top 47%47% · 2016/172017/18: top 51%2018/19: top 48%2021/22: top 66%2022/23: top 74%2023/24: top 78%2024/25: top 67%No exams

A-level results

#113 of 224 South West sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South West

Attainment 842.7 · South West 45.53/10 Below−6.6 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths41.2% · South West 44.2%4/10 Below
EBacc point score3.51 · South West 3.983/10 Below
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.04 · South West −0.026/10 Middle−7.3 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry34.65 · South West 33.676/10 Middle
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 49.1 · 301 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 46.6 · 249 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 45.9 · 241 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 46.6 · 236 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 45.4 · 284 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 41.3 · 308 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 40 · 340 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 42.7 · 284 pupils · South West 45.4549.140No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 41% · 249 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 41% · 241 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 40% · 236 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 44% · 284 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 38% · 308 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 35% · 340 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 41.2% · 284 pupils · South West 44.2%44%35%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 30.74 · 144 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 28.54 · 140 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 29.2 · 156 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 32.63 · 111 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 38.19 · 123 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 34.67 · 120 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 36.43 · 124 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 34.65 · 131 pupils · South West 33.6738.1928.54No exams

Getting in

No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Remains Goodas predecessor

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,298
Free school meals (past 6 years)24.1%
First language not English7.7%
SEN support17.0%
EHC plan3.3%
Absence (sessions missed)11.9%
Persistently absent pupils30.1%

Girls 51.6%Boys 48.4%

86.7% full · 1,497 places · 327 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.0
Pupils per adult12.9
  • Classroom teachers 70.1
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 16.2
  • Other support 23.2

Teachers 72.1 FTE · Whole workforce 111.5 · 128 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,129
Spend per pupil£7,732
Staff spend per pupil£5,773
Reserve per pupil£716
  • +£920,000revenue reserve
  • +£510,000in-year balance

Grants £7,744 · self-generated £297 · premises £582 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP (36 academies) · trust reserve £17,216,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

340 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained87.1%
  • Education80.9%
  • Apprenticeship3.5%
  • Employment2.6%
  • Not sustained7.6%
  • Unknown5.3%

After sixth form (16–18)

163 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained81.6%
  • Education40.5%
  • Higher education31.3%
  • Apprenticeship4.9%
  • Employment36.2%
  • Not sustained12.9%
  • Unknown5.5%