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Churchill Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS40 5EL

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 March 2026 · report published 13 May 2026

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At a glance

211 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.churchillprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
149549

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 36 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.20 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.834 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 10 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.20 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 36 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 1.834 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.834 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
North Somerset average63.4%
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
St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary SchoolSutton-in-Ashfield · 139 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Tregony Community Primary SchoolTruro · 119 miles awayGood (2018)83%
Kingsmoor Primary SchoolBridgwater · 15 miles awayGood72%
Ickleford Primary SchoolHitchin · 116 miles awayStrong standard67%
Perranporth Community Primary SchoolPerranporth · 124 miles awayGood77%
Clarborough Primary SchoolRetford · 160 miles awayGood59%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary, StanleyStanley · 248 miles awayGood72%
Wiveliscombe Primary SchoolTaunton · 31 miles awayGood60%
Lambourne Primary SchoolRomford · 127 miles awayExpected standard65%
Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolWakefield · 168 miles awayGood73%
Glemsford Primary AcademySudbury · 157 miles awayGood86%
Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant SchoolBrighouse · 170 miles awayGood83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (North Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 3% (North Somerset 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North 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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.49 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Somerset: 2.86 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
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% 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)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 0.8 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 £51,894; 15.4% 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£5,804
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £127,000; in-year balance +£77,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.3%62.3%
Social housing12%17.1%
Privately rented17.5%20.5%
Detached houses59.5%22.9%
Flats3.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014748 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£448,00088 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£362,500–£597,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (67)£490,000
Semi-detached (15)£348,000

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 (2.95 km, 2026 entry): 236 sales, median £445,500. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
10a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a rural school averages 0.9

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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