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Combe Down CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Church Road, Combe Down, Bath BA2 5JQ · combedown.com · 01225 840324
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bath and North East Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.36 mi
- 3.80 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Last category · Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 422
- 2 over 420 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- 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 2.36 mi (3.80 km) from the school. Source: Bath and North East Somerset Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 95% 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 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 55 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 74 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 56 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Last category | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.36 mi3.80 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109230)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Combe Down CofE Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Outstanding
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (149 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 149
- 36% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (20%) with SEND