Ralph Allen School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.711 miles
Published by Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ralph Allen School is a secondary school in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Ralph Allen 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 | 2.711 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.711 miles from the school, further than in 2025 and further than in 2018.
- Of the 7 Bath and North East Somerset secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, it was the 4th longest; the middle figure was 2.71 miles.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 202 first-choice applications for 191 offers; 169 offers went to first-choice families, and 33 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 63% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset.
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
- Claverton Down Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 7AD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 1,398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They reflect the school’s ethos in the way they talk about expectations, celebration, and traditions.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in some parts of the curriculum, the detailed knowledge the school wants pupils to know is less well defined.”
- “Adaptations to the curriculum for pupils with additional needs have not always supported pupils well in the past.”
- “The ambition for developing pupils as readers is not well understood among pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2024 (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) | 63% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | 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: 202 first-preference applications, 191 offers in total, 169 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.
- Beechen Cliff School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hayesfield Girls School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saint Gregory's Catholic College 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oldfield School 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Writhlington School 6.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Somerset Studio School 6.9 mi School remains Good
- Wellsway School 7.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published