Castle Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Castle Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Castle 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 38 of the 56 other Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception entry in 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 59 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 13th lowest of 57 Bath and North East Somerset primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 expected-standard result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset that have results.
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
- Castle Primary School, Newlands Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2TS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 374 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “The school’s motto of ‘value learning, value others and value ourselves’ is at the heart of everything the school does.”
- “There is a culture of high expectations for all.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school’s curriculum thinking does not always identify clearly the most important knowledge that pupils need to know and remember.”
- “This means that pupils do not have the same depth of knowledge and understanding they do in other subjects.”
- “In a few subjects, the school does not consider what assessment is telling them about what pupils know and need to learn next.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 53% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 54 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.
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Keyna Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chandag Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Two Rivers Church of England Primary 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Saltford CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Whitchurch Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Pensford Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published