Batheaston Church School

Academy converter·Primary school Bath and North East Somerset·BA1 7EP
Composite score
49.8
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#7,325
National rank
#717
In South West
#27
In Bath and North East Somerset
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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
100%
21 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
16%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.0020231.0020240.9620251.002026

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

Every child who put Batheaston Church School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
194
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,294
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Batheaston Church School at a glance

Located in Bath and North East Somerset, Batheaston Church School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 194 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 107 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). Batheaston Church School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 21.3 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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