Chew Valley School

Chew Valley School at a glance

Located in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Chew Valley School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,188 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 49.8, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of secondary schools nationally.

50% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 89% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (211 first choices for 200 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 4.38 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. Chew Valley 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.