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Newbridge Primary School

Primary · Bath · BA1 3LL

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 January 2020

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At a glance

405 pupils · 96% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.newbridge.bathnes.sch.uk/
URN
131019

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 67 families named it first for 57 Reception places, 1.18 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.787 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Good on 21 January 2020, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.18 first-choice applications per place

57 places offered · 67 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.787 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.787 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers71.5%
Bath and North East Somerset average63%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Mulbarton Primary SchoolNorwich · 174 miles awayGood65%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolFarnham · 70 miles awayGood77%
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolWirral · 141 miles awayOutstanding86%
Aspin Park AcademyKnaresborough · 185 miles awayGood66%
Locks Heath Junior SchoolSouthampton · 61 miles awayGood70%
Hartford Primary SchoolNorthwich · 128 miles awayGood73%
Juniper Hill SchoolHigh Wycombe · 74 miles awayGood67%
Nine Mile Ride Primary SchoolWokingham · 66 miles awayStrong standard75%
Lightcliffe C of E Primary SchoolHalifax · 164 miles awayExpected standard64%
Naunton Park Primary SchoolCheltenham · 37 miles awayGood76%
Meltham CofE (VC) Primary SchoolHolmfirth · 154 miles awayGood59%
Cheadle Hulme Primary SchoolStockport · 138 miles awayGood74%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Bath and North East Somerset 80%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Bath and North East Somerset 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.24 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bath and North East Somerset: 3.51 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,700; 8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,747
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £4,751; in-year balance -£32,734

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.6%62.3%
Social housing12%17.1%
Privately rented21.4%20.5%
Detached houses7.3%22.9%
Flats35.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms48.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014428 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£445,000355 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£296,500–£625,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (30)£830,000
Semi-detached (98)£565,000
Terraced (160)£423,500
Flat (67)£224,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.27 km, 2026 entry): 528 sales, median £416,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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