Kingshill Church School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Nailsea, North Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingshill Church School is a primary school in Nailsea, North Somerset for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2024. North Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Kingshill Church 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 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 32.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Somerset is 8.7%.
- There were 16 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Somerset.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 32% met the expected standard (England 62%), the lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Somerset that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at Kingshill Church School.”
- “The school supports them to be ‘ready, respectful and safe’.”
- “Pupils use the ‘worry box’ to share concerns with adults.”
To improve
- “The historically weak curriculum design meant that pupils did not learn a well-designed curriculum.”
- “This led to weak published outcome for pupils.”
- “However, in some wider curriculum subjects, the curriculum has had less time to embed.”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 32% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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 North Somerset.
- Golden Valley Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grove Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Hannah More Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tickenham Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Leigh Infant School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Backwell Church of England Junior School 2.4 mi Not judged
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published