Oldfield School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.620 miles
Published by Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oldfield School is a secondary school in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Oldfield 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 4.620 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered, 4.620 miles, was the longest of the 7 Bath and North East Somerset secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026 there were 238 first-choice applications for 207 Year 7 offers; 164 offers went to first-choice families and 74 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, 312 of the 728 applications (43%) came from families living outside Bath and North East Somerset, and 44 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the average A level grade was C (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bath and North East Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Kelston Road, Bath, BA1 9AB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 1,287 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “As a result, pupils rightly describe a culture of care and compassion in their school.”
- “Pupils appreciate the ways in which staff listen to and support them.”
- “They are confident that if they have a concern, staff help them.”
To improve
- “This led to an increase in sanctions for a few pupils, but this is now reducing.”
- “At key stage 4, fewer pupils study the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects.”
- “In a few parts of the curriculum, this is not done as effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 238 first-preference applications, 207 offers in total, 164 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bath and North East Somerset.
- Hayesfield Girls School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beechen Cliff School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Gregory's Catholic College 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wellsway School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- IKB Academy 3.8 mi Good
- Ralph Allen School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Broadlands 4.8 mi Good Last distance published