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Paulton Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7QY · paultoninfantschool.co.uk · 01761 412354
On the mapSearch near BS39 7QY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 148
- 55% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Free school meals
- 14.2%
- First language not English
- 2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 38 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 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Paulton Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109066), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109066)
May 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109066)
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 28
- 14% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied