Charlton Wood Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.359 miles
Published by South Gloucestershire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Charlton Wood Primary Academy is a primary school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. South Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Charlton Wood Primary Academy 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 | 0.359 mi |
| 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 0.359 miles away, the shortest of 29 South Gloucestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 67 first-choice applications for 59 Reception offers in 2026; 57 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 26.7 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in South Gloucestershire is 21.7.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Charlton Boulevard, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 5BN
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 411 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Charlton Wood Academy is a successful school where pupils thrive.”
- “All adults share high aspirations for pupils.”
- “Pupils work hard to meet these.”
To improve
- “The implementation of the curriculum in some subjects is at an early stage.”
- “This means they do not always identify which pupils have gaps in their knowledge and adapt the curriculum quickly to meet the needs of pupils.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not build the depth of knowledge they need for current and future learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 December 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) | 66% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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 South Gloucestershire.
- Callicroft Primary School 0.3 mi Good
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Coniston Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly
- Stoke Lodge Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Filton Hill Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Little Stoke Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Wheatfield Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade