Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–7 · Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2020
0.504 miles
Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2020
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Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend is a primary school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire for ages 5–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. South Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 entry.
Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend 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 2020 | 0.504 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2020, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.504 miles away, the 4th shortest of 8 South Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 0.51 miles).
- In 2026 Reception had 57 first-choice applications for 65 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 30 of the 126 applications (24%) for Reception in 2026 came from families living outside South Gloucestershire, and 16 offers went to them.
- 5.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in South Gloucestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Christchurch Avenue, Downend, Bristol, BS16 5TG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s values, which include friendship, courage and thankfulness, are at the heart of everything that happens at Christ Church, Church of England Infant School.”
- “As a result, pupils are eager to share their learning and understand how to treat one another with respect.”
- “Parents are overwhelmingly positive.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the impact of these checks is less clear.”
- “In geography for example, while children in the early years confidently create and follow simple maps, some older pupils struggle to use their geographical knowledge to describe the human and physical features of a place.”
- “This hampers the progress that some pupils make.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 57 first-preference applications, 65 offers in total, 57 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 South Gloucestershire.
- Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- Staple Hill Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stanbridge Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Tynings Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Barley Close Community Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement
- Frenchay Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bromley Heath Infant School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published