Chester Park Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Chester Park Infant School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.

Chester Park Infant School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 16 of the 94 other Bristol primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome; places ran out in 2023.
For Reception 2026 there were 60 first-choice applications for 77 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 4th lowest of 93 Bristol primary schools.
In Reception 2026 every first-choice family was offered a place, and 17 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
19.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Lodge Causeway, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3QG
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 229 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024

Strengths

“Community and a sense of belonging are at the heart of this school.”
“Pupils value and celebrate the wide range of faiths and cultures in the school.”
“Pupils understand the importance of treating each other with fairness.”

To improve

“Published outcomes do not reflect the good quality of education the school provides.”
“In some wider curriculum subjects, the school has not identified precisely what pupils need to learn.”
“Teachers do not check that pupils have secured this knowledge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Bristol, City of.

Chester Park Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Fishponds CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Avanti Gardens School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Minerva Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Begbrook Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Summerhill Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
Summerhill Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published