Combe Down CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bath and North East Somerset·BA2 5JQ
Composite score
49.1
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#7,597
National rank
#755
In South West
#30
In Bath and North East Somerset
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
56 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
104
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.2320231.1720240.9320250.932026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Combe Down CofE Primary School yet. Bath and North East Somerset 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
416
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,262
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Combe Down CofE Primary School

Combe Down CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bath and North East Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 416 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 63% 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 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 95% of the families who made Combe Down CofE Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 25.7 pupils per teacher. Combe Down CofE 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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