Critchill Special School, Frome

Overview

Critchill Special School is a special / send school (academy special converter) in Frome, South West, for pupils aged 4–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy special converter
Establishment group: Academies
Age range: Ages 4–19
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
School capacity: 85
Pupils on roll: 96
URN: 147126

Admissions

Local authority: Somerset
Academy trust or group: MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP

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Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.

Primary results 2024/25
Measure	School
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — meeting the expected standard	0%
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — achieving a high score	0%
Maths — meeting the expected standard	0%
Maths — achieving a high score	0%
Reading — meeting the expected standard	0%
Reading — achieving a high score	0%
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard	0%
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard	0%
Science — meeting the expected standard	0%
Writing — meeting the expected standard	0%
Writing — working at greater depth	0%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 5 November 2024 · Published 1 December 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)

Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.

Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

Ungraded inspection
Inspected 28 June 2023 · Published 19 September 2023
Outcome: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

Location

Address: Nunney Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4LB
Local authority: Somerset
Area: Schools in Somerset

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