Combe Down CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.364 miles
Published by Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Combe Down CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Combe Down CofE Primary 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 | 2.364 mi |
| 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 |
| Reception 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 Reception last distance offered was 2.364 miles, the 4th longest of 18 Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.74 miles).
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most from 2024 to 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 53 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5JQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 422 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Combe Down Primary have extremely positive attitudes to learning and are keen to do well.”
- “This starts in the early years where children's engagement and enthusiasm are tangible.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils to learn well, and they do.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistently followed.”
- “Some pupils do not secure the fundamentals in handwriting.”
- “Some subjects are more securely embedded than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (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) | 63% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 53 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 Bath and North East Somerset.
- Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Garden Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Widcombe Infant School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Widcombe CofE Junior School 1.4 mi Not judged
- Moorlands Junior School 1.5 mi Good
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moorlands Infant School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published