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Newbridge Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Charmouth Road, Bath BA1 3LL · newbridge.bathnes.sch.uk · 01225 421675
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bath and North East Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.79 mi
- 1.27 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Last category · Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 405
- 96% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 8.9%
- First language not English
- 6.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Last category” went to a home 0.79 mi (1.27 km) from the school. Source: Bath and North East Somerset Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 85% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 57 | 67 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Last category | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.79 mi1.27 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Bath and North East Somerset it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Newbridge Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Dec 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (201 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 201
- 50% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (11%) with SEND