Batheaston Church School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Batheaston Church School is a primary school in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Batheaston 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 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
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 38 of the 56 other Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 7 earlier years of Reception entry, but not in 2026.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 7 of the 45 Reception applications in 2026 (16%) came from families living outside Bath and North East Somerset, and 3 offers went to them.
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
- School Lane, Northend, Bath, BA1 7EP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 181 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Batheaston Church School enjoy their learning.”
- “Pupils quickly learn to read confidently, develop their mathematical skills and increasingly write accurately.”
- “They achieve in line with their peers in national tests.”
To improve
- “However, not all subjects in the curriculum are as effectively taught as the core subjects.”
- “This means that in a small number of subjects, pupils are not as well prepared for their next stage of education as they should be.”
- “The achievement of disadvantaged pupils is not as high as their peers, but this is improving.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2026 (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) | 64% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Bathampton Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bathford Church School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swainswick Church School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Saviours Junior Church School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- St Saviours Infant Church School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bathwick St Mary Church School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephens Church School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published