Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in North Somerset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry68 applications · 40 places offered · 40 named it first
- 2026 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; North Somerset median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; North Somerset median median 2.0
- 2023 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; North Somerset median median 1.9
- 2021 1.5; North Somerset median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; North Somerset median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; North Somerset median median 2.1
- 2017 1.9; North Somerset median median 2.1
- 2016 1.7; North Somerset median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; North Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- North Somerset median
Dashed bars: as High Down Infant School (URN 109076), 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 | 40 | 68 | 1.7 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 52 | 83 | 1.6 | 52 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 99 | 1.7 | 70 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 103 | 1.7 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 | 70 | 111 | 1.6 | 69 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 138 | 1.5 | 91 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 152 | 1.7 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 89 | 148 | 1.7 | 75 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 | 70 | 125 | 1.8 | 69 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 89 | 173 | 1.9 | 87 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 81 | 140 | 1.7 | 65 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 * | 119 | 173 | 1.5 | 106 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 175 | 1.9 | 93 | 1.03 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- High Down Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.7applications per place
- 0.1 km · North SomersetStandards maintained202472%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · North SomersetOutstanding20232.0applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · North SomersetRemains Good20212.1applications per place
- 1.9 km · North SomersetStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · North SomersetStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · North SomersetRemains Good20231.4applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · North SomersetRemains Good20242.3applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · North SomersetGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143284 · 802/2254
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 198 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- High Down Infant School (URN 109076)
- Address
- Down Road, Portishead, BS20 6DY
- Local authority
- North Somerset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources