Oakfield Academy

Ofsted inspection

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BA11. Where we have them, council (Somerset) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on rolli

490

Free school mealsi

32%

This schoolBA11 avg

8.6% above district average (23.4%)

Also: Somerset 22.4% · England 25.8%

SENi

25.9%

1.7% above district average (24.2%)

Also: Somerset 18.2% · England 16.5%

EALi

4.9%

0.2% below district average (5.1%)

Attendancei

91.9% Autumn and spring 2024/25

2.3% below district average (94.2%)

Also: Somerset 91% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BA11 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

• 96.1%
  2020/21
• 90.2%
  2021/22
• 91.6%
  2022/23
• 92.2%
  2023/24
• 91.9%
  2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

• 31%
  2022/23
• 43%
  2023/24
• 47%
  2024/25

Admissions

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity

Below published capacity

Published capacity (GIAS)i

696

Pupils on roll

490

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Somerset page.

SEN support

SEN %i

25.9%

On-site provisioni

Special classes

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Oakfield Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

• Fromefield Manor School0.9 miles · Secondary · Ofsted: Good
• Selwood Academy1.4 miles · Secondary · Ofsted: Good
• Frome Community College1.4 miles · Secondary · Ofsted: No overall grade

Other nearby schools

• Trinity Church of England First School0.1 miles · Primary · Ofsted: No overall grade
• Critchill Special School0.2 miles · Special · Ofsted: No overall grade
• Wessex Lodge School0.3 miles · Special
• Avanti Park School0.5 miles · Primary · Ofsted: Good
• Vallis First School0.6 miles · Primary · Ofsted: No overall grade
• St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome0.6 miles · Primary · Ofsted: No overall grade
• St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome0.8 miles · Primary · Ofsted: Requires improvement

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