Bishop Sutton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, 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 🔒
Bishop Sutton Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2024. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Sutton 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 38 of the 56 other Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 10.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 7.5% 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
- Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2024
Strengths
- “Bishop Sutton Primary School is a school where pupils enjoy learning.”
- “The school’s vision, ‘where every child can dream, believe and achieve’, can be seen through the ambitious curriculum.”
- “Pupils are engaged in their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas, the curriculum is not implemented as intended to help pupils to make these links.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils do not build their knowledge as well as they could.”
- “However, some parents of pupils with SEND do not fully understand how their children are supported in school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 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) | 79% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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.
- Stanton Drew Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chew Stoke Church School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clutton Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chew Magna Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- East Harptree Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cameley CEVC Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pensford Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ubley Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published