Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Bristol, South Gloucestershire·BS35 1AW
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#1230
In South West
#65
In South Gloucestershire
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
91%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
58
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
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1 per place
0.7320220.9620231.1020240.9020251.072026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury 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
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,907
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury is a primary school serving Bristol, South Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 204 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury 'Good'. 57% 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 risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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