Almondsbury Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire·BS32 4DS
Composite score
61.3
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#3,557
National rank
#315
In South West
#12
In South Gloucestershire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
70%
63 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
1.40
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
117
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.29
00.511.52
1 per place
0.7620221.3620230.9620241.1120251.402026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Almondsbury Church of England Primary School yet. South Gloucestershire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
310
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
21.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,255
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Almondsbury Church of England Primary School

Almondsbury Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 310 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Almondsbury Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 63 first choices for 45 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Almondsbury Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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