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About The School

Mells School is a small, friendly and successful Somerset village school. It is a County Controlled Church of England First School established in the mid-nineteenth century and serving Mells and the surrounding villages.
It is a co-educational school providing education for children aged 4-9 years. There are currently 78 children on roll.
The school has three main classrooms, an ICT suite, Special Needs and Medical rooms, a Hall, Office and Staff room.

There is a tarmac playground to the side and rear of the building and an adventure play area and school garden. In addition to this, the school, which is set well back from the road, enjoys the use of the village green for sports activities. We are hoping to acquire a strip of land to the rear of the school as a sports field by Summer 2006.

The school is well resourced with an excellent stock of fiction and non-fiction books, extensive ICT facilities and software and up-to-date resources for the teaching of the whole National Curriculum and beyond.

Much successful work has been undertaken in recent years in Filmmaking, Dance, Drama and Music.

The Village Of Mells

Mells Church of England First School is situated on the edge of the village green in the uniquely preserved Somerset village of Mells, surrounded by open countryside on all sides.
The village has a busy Post Office and a local pub. Village functions are held in the restored Tithe Barn. There are several community groups including a Gardening Club, Cubs, Beavers and Rainbow Club and the Badminton Club.
There is a magnificent 15th Century church at the centre of the village and the school maintains important links with the church.

Disabled Pupils
It is our policy not to treat disabled pupils less favourably and we will take all reasonable steps to avoid putting disabled pupils at a substantial disadvantage.
We encourage early liaison to enable appropriate plans to be put into place for the successful integration of the individual pupil.
On receiving information on a child with a disability entering school, we will provide, plan and incorporate training needs, for accessibility and support also taking into consideration the physical organisation of classrooms and the school.
Staff seek to remove all barriers to participation and learning.

Designated Transport Area

Mells is a popular school, attracting children from an area much wider than the traditional catchment area, including many small surrounding villages and from Frome itself.
Interested parents are most welcome to consider Mells School for their children and should contact the Headteacher at the earliest opportunity if they wish to come and see the school.

Newsletters

The Mells School Weekly Newsletter is issued to all parents and governors every Friday to keep everybody informed about what is going on in school.
You are invited to contribute to the newsletter either personally or on behalf of other groups within the local community with items of news, adverts, announcements etc.

If you miss a newsletter, they are available to download by following the "Newsletter" button on the left.

Admission Policy
Children are admitted to Mells School at the beginning of the school year in which they reach the age of five years. Attendance will be on a part-time basis for the first half of the Autumn Term. Full-time places will be offered from Autumn half-term. You are reminded that this constitutes the earliest possible dates to start school and that parents are under no obligation to start their children at school until the term after their fifth birthday, though most will wish to adopt school practice.
Parents wishing to request a place at school for their child for next September  should return a completed Pupil Detail Form according to the timetable published in the Somerset "Starting School" booklet which is sent to all parents of children due to start school.
Children and parents will be invited to visit the school before officially starting.
The LEA is the admission authority for this school and places are allocated in accordance with their published arrangements, a copy of which can be obtained by ringing Parentline on 0845 6045555,calls are charged at local rate.
Our Planned Admission Number is 16 for the coming academic year.
Older children can be admitted to the appropriate year group depending upon the PAN for that year. Please contact the school for advice.