Cheddar Grove Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS13 7EN
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#844
In South West
#37
In Bristol, City of
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
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
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
64 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
119
any preference, for 59 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.7820230.9120241.0020251.082026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Cheddar Grove Primary School yet. Bristol, City of 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
453
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,468
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Cheddar Grove Primary School

Cheddar Grove Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 453 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 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 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Cheddar Grove Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 64 first choices for 59 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 25.0 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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