Chew Magna Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.883 miles
Published by Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chew Magna 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 12 September 2023. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Chew Magna 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 | 2.883 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.883 miles away, the longest of the 18 Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published last distance.
- The last distance has swung sharply between years; the 2026 Reception figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance, and further than in 2018.
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 17 offers; 16 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Butham Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 100 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Chew Magna Primary School.”
- “There is a culture of support and kindness to others, which all at the school model.”
- “Pupils of all ages play well together.”
To improve
- “This starts in the early years and continues into key stage 2.”
- “In some subjects, such as computing, religious education and physical education, the knowledge that the school wants pupils to learn is not clearly defined.”
- “Additionally, assessment across foundation subjects is not always effective in understanding what pupils remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 October 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) | 69% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 16 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 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chew Stoke Church School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishop Sutton Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Pensford Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitchurch Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Clutton Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ubley Church of England Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cameley CEVC Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published