Whitchurch 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 🔒
Whitchurch Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Whitchurch 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, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of the 78 applications for Reception 2026, 56 (72%) came from families living outside Bath and North East Somerset, and 29 offers went to them.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 23.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.9% 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
- 22 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 231 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “From ‘Excellent Entering’ at the start of the day to ‘Excellent Exiting’ at the end, pupils are surrounded by smiles.”
- “The other factors ensure that pupils make eye contact and say, ‘Please’, ’Thank you’, and ‘Excuse me’.”
- “Pupils move around school exactly like that.”
To improve
- “However, they do not use the same strategies consistently across the whole curriculum.”
- “For example, in geography lessons, teachers do not follow the school’s, ‘I do, We do, You do’ approach consistently.”
- “Therefore, teachers do not ensure that pupils understand how to complete the task routinely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2025 (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) | 65% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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 Keyna Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Pensford Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Chandag Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Two Rivers Church of England Primary 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stanton Drew Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published