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Christ Church Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS8 3AW

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 July 2024

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At a glance

333 pupils · 79% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.christchurch.bristol.sch.uk
URN
138317

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 60 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.02 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 859 m (≈0.53 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 2 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.02 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 60 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 859 m (≈0.53 mi)

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
41%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school41%
Median of its 12 closest peers72.5%
Bristol, City of average59.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Frithwood Primary SchoolNorthwood · 95 miles awayGood72%
Bailey's Court Primary SchoolBristol · 6 miles awayGood65%
Brampton Primary AcademyBexleyheath · 118 miles awayGood72%
Leigh Academy BearstedMaidstone · 138 miles awayOutstanding75%
Brindishe Manor SchoolLondon · 113 miles awayOutstanding75%
St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary SchoolSutton · 104 miles awayGood73%
Eastbury Farm Primary SchoolNorthwood · 95 miles awayGood70%
Bromet Primary SchoolWatford · 97 miles awayExpected standard85%
Brandlehow Primary SchoolLondon · 104 miles awayGood74%
Eaton Primary SchoolNorwich · 183 miles awayGood72%
St. Walburga's Catholic Primary SchoolBournemouth · 59 miles awayGood98%
Clifford Bridge AcademyCoventry · 83 miles awayGood64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 54% (Bristol, City of 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 20% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Bristol, City of 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Bristol, City of 0%, England 0%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.25 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bristol, City of: 2.66 suspensions and 0.03 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
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

81% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £47,306; 11.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,688
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £209,000; in-year balance -£100,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher62.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier39.4%62.3%
Social housing4.8%17.1%
Privately rented55.8%20.5%
Detached houses1.6%22.9%
Flats86.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van30.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014554 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£420,000835 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£579,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£1,162,500
Semi-detached (22)£1,216,000
Terraced (134)£737,500
Flat (665)£376,000

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 (0.86 km, 2020 entry): 686 sales, median £420,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
32an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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