Frome Valley CofE First School
Primary school in Dorchester, Dorset. No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025, report published 11 February 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around January 2029
The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 2.3 milesBroadmayne First School and Nursery
Good (Mar 2023)
- 3.2 milesPuddletown Church of England First School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)
- 3.8 milesBovington Academy
Good (Oct 2023)
- 4.2 milesManor Park Church of England First School
Report card, Jan 2026: 7 expected
- 4.3 milesSt Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester
School remains Good (Jan 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.