Paulton Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · 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 🔒
Paulton Infant School is a primary school in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Paulton Infant 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 38 of the 56 other Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 14.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset.
- There are 19.2 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 21.5 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
- Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s caring and supportive ethos provides a safe space for pupils to thrive.”
- “There is a positive culture in this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “There is a culture of high expectations of all pupils.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, the curriculum is not fully embedded.”
- “As a result, sometimes pupils do not recall and develop a deeper understanding of what they have learned over time.”
- “In these subjects, the expectations of pupils’ work do not always match the same high standards and pride seen for other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 38 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.
- Paulton Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- High Littleton CofE VC Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Longvernal Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Midsomer Norton Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Welton Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published