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Chew Valley School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,180Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145482URN

Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.3 below Bath and North East Somerset median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset

344 applications for 200 places · 8th of 11 in Bath and North East Somerset
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.1of 90
8th of 14 in Bath and North East Somerset
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 18 May 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Bath and North East Somerset median (2.0) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

344 applications · 200 places offered · 211 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.8; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.3
  9. 2018 1.7; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bath and North East Somerset median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Bath and North East Somerset median

Dashed bars: as Chew Valley School (URN 109306), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262003441.72111.06
Sep 20252033311.62101.03
Sep 20241993271.61950.98
Sep 20232053181.62051.00
Sep 20222083461.72261.09
Sep 20212103321.62020.96
Sep 20202073271.62131.03
Sep 20192033731.82000.99
Sep 2018 *2073531.72171.05
Sep 2017 *2083301.62040.98
Sep 2016 *1973101.61780.90
Sep 2015 *1943091.62031.05
Sep 2014 *1782811.61750.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

204 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.18th of 14 in Bath and North East Somerset
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%9th of 14 in Bath and North East Somerset
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%
  • This school
  • Bath and North East Somerset median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20448.147%71%–
2024/2520649.851%73%–
2023/2420847.851%69%−0.10
2022/2318948.649%68%+0.18

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145482 · 800/4130
Trust
Lighthouse Schools Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,253 pupils · 1,180 on roll
Free school meals
16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2018
Replaced
Chew Valley School (URN 109306)
Address
Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QB
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources