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Chipping Sodbury School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 775Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 148295URN

Bowling Road, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6EW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
close to South Gloucestershire median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in South Gloucestershire

335 applications for 144 places · 3rd of 15 in South Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.0of 90
12th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
close to South Gloucestershire median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

335 applications · 144 places offered · 148 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.5; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.6; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.0; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.1; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.9; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
More applications per place than the South Gloucestershire median in 4 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as Chipping Sodbury School (URN 109324), 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 20261443352.31481.03
Sep 20251363402.51361.00
Sep 20241483792.61751.18
Sep 20231413252.31350.96
Sep 20221292622.01100.85
Sep 2021 *1453032.11230.85
Sep 2020 *1102502.3950.86
Sep 2019 *1152562.21020.89
Sep 2018 *1433142.21591.11
Sep 2017 *1532571.71500.98
Sep 2016 *1443102.21350.94
Sep 2015 *1232391.91220.99
Sep 2014 *991972.0940.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

142 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.012th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%11th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.44
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14243.039%59%–
2024/2511343.737%66%–
2023/2411441.432%54%−0.44
2022/2314138.723%50%−0.59

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

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  • Exceptional
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  • 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
148295 · 803/4502
Trust
The Athelstan Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,120 pupils · 775 on roll
Free school meals
20.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 April 2021
Replaced
Chipping Sodbury School (URN 109324)
Address
Bowling Road, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6EW
Local authority
South Gloucestershire

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