Cheddar Grove Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.02 miles
Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cheddar Grove Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Cheddar Grove 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 | 1.02 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.02 miles away, the 11th longest of 26 Bristol primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.85 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; it was further from the school in 2026 than in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- There were 64 first-choice applications for 59 offers for Reception in 2026; 59 offers went to first-choice families, while 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cheddar Grove, Bedminster Down, Bristol, BS13 7EN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 437 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “They describe the school as a place where everyone is kind, helpful and eager to learn.”
- “Parents and carers speak highly of the way in which pupils flourish from the moment they start school.”
To improve
- “While leaders have designed an ambitious and well-planned curriculum, the implementation of this curriculum is not as effective in a minority of subjects.”
- “In art and design, for example, some pupils find it difficult to remember what they have learned about line and tone.”
- “Others struggle to make links between the work of different artists.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 72% | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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 Bristol, City of.
- Headley Park Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC) 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Parson Street Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenfield E-ACT Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashton Vale Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Luckwell Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Compass Point Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Fair Furlong Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
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