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Crossways Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Knapp Road, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 2HQ · crosswaysschools.co.uk · 01454 866566
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 160
- 89% of 180 places
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Free school meals
- 13.1%
- First language not English
- 9.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Leaf Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 89% |
Ofsted
Crossways Infant School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 10 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 10 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109049)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109049), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109049)
Before September 2019
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109049)
Mar 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109049)