St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome
General Information
- Address: Welshmill Lane, Frome, BA11 3AP – View on map
- Phone: 01373463728
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Biles-Wood
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 20 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 20 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 38
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.3%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 17% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (Somerset 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Somerset: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Somerset, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 52% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Somerset average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 72% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 62%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
- Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 109th of 149 junior and primary schools in the area
- =109Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School52%
- =109St John's Church of England Primary School52%
- =109St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome52%
- =112Ashcott Primary School50%
- =112Ashlands Church of England Primary School50%
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103rd of 152 primary schools in Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #101St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BridgwaterGood
- #102St Lawrence's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #103St Louis Catholic Primary School, FromeGood
- #104St Margaret's School, TintinhullGood
- #105St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,484 (2024-25)
124th of 185 primary schools in Somerset for spending per pupil
- #122East Coker Community Primary School£6,510
- #123Hambridge Community Primary School£6,504
- #124St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome£6,484
- #125Weare Academy First School£6,479
- #126Creech St Michael Church of England Primary School£6,479
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