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High Down Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Down Road, Portishead BS20 6DY · highdownschools.co.uk · 01275 843969
On the mapSearch near BS20 6DY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 198
- 73% of 270 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.5%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 40 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 70 | 69 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
High Down Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (141 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 141
- 47% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (10%) with SEND