Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 3 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry174 applications · 60 places offered · 76 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2025 2.8; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
- 2024 2.8; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2023 2.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2022 2.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2021 2.9; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2020 2.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2019 2.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
- 2018 2.4; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2017 2.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 3.0; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Bath and North East Somerset median
Dashed bars: as Widcombe Infant School (URN 109008), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 174 | 2.9 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 169 | 2.8 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 168 | 2.8 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 163 | 2.7 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 163 | 2.7 | 69 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 176 | 2.9 | 79 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 146 | 2.4 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 159 | 2.7 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 146 | 2.4 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 162 | 2.7 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 * | 58 | 144 | 2.5 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 176 | 3.0 | 79 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 190 | 3.2 | 83 | 1.38 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Widcombe Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place
- 0.1 km · Bath and North East SomersetGraded · no overall grade202579%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20223.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20222.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20232.0applications per place
- 1.7 km · Bath and North East SomersetStandards maintained20252.3applications per place
- 1.8 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20222.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood20232.4applications per place
- 1.9 km · Bath and North East SomersetGood202355%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143010 · 800/2162
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 182 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2016
- Replaced
- Widcombe Infant School (URN 109008)
- Address
- Archway Street, Bath, BA2 4JG
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources