St Barnabas Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, South Gloucestershire·BS30 5NW
Composite score
29.9
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#13,379
National rank
#1423
In South West
#79
In South Gloucestershire
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
46%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
47
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.39
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Barnabas Church of England Primary 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
231
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,532
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Barnabas Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, St Barnabas Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 231 pupils aged 2 to 11. 46% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Barnabas Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. St Barnabas Church of England 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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