Shoscombe Church School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.224 miles
Published by Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shoscombe Church School is a primary school in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Shoscombe 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 | 2.224 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
- In 2024/25, 89% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered, 2.224 miles, was the 5th longest of 18 Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 13 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- 6.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24.2% across the 8 nearest primary 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
- St Julian's Road, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8NB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 117 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are at the centre of this vibrant and inclusive school.”
- “The strapline of ‘Inspiring everyone to shine’ is lived out in all aspects of the school’s work.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of what all pupils can achieve.”
To improve
- “However, leaders know that this is not yet the case in all subjects.”
- “Consequently, pupils are not deepening their understanding across all curriculum subjects as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (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) | 89% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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.
- Peasedown St John Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trinity Church School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas Church School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Julian's Church School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Welton Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published