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The Ridge Junior School

PrimaryAges 7–11Academy

Yate, BS37 7AP · South Gloucestershire local authority

Yate’s School Grade B+ better than 67% of towns in England

Its letter
45%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
How full
237 pupils
99% of its 240 places
Free school meals
16%
16 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Ridge Junior School

  • Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 45% of England’s primary schools
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BS37 7) sold for a median £370,000; Yate’s is £289,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 61%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 45% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · South Gloucestershire avg 61%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%The Ridge Junior 61%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading77%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)72%
England’s schools 73%
Maths80%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling72%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 10 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
50%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
70%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three2%
England’s schools 8% · South Gloucestershire 5% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Yate and South Gloucestershire, side by side

2023–2025

All 84 graded primaries in South Gloucestershire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Yate’s schools are coloured by their letter.

25%37%49%61%73%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →WellesleySt Paul's CatholicAbbotswoodTyndaleWoodlandsThe Ridge Junior
ABCDElsewhere in South GloucestershireThe Ridge Junior
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Hambrook Primary SchoolA+3%91%
Marshfield Church of England Primary SchoolA+4%91%
Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary SchoolA+8%87%
Beacon Rise Primary SchoolA+12%85%
Coniston Primary SchoolA38%82%
Wick Church of England Primary SchoolA10%77%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, WinterbourneA16%76%
Iron Acton Church of England Primary SchoolA19%76%
Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, DownendA−9%73%
Manorbrook Primary SchoolA−7%73%
Bradley Stoke Community SchoolA−12%73%
Mangotsfield Church of England Primary SchoolA−9%73%
Olveston Church of England Primary SchoolA−4%72%
Frenchay Church of England Primary SchoolA−14%72%
Pucklechurch CofE VC Primary SchoolA−12%71%
Wallscourt Farm AcademyA−22%71%
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolB+4%70%
Watermore Primary SchoolB+21%70%
The Meadows Primary SchoolB+7%70%
Blackhorse Primary SchoolB+7%70%
Wheatfield Primary SchoolB+7%70%
Hawkesbury Church of England Primary SchoolB+7%70%
Crossways Junior SchoolB+15%70%
Meadowbrook Primary SchoolB+15%69%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolB+16%68%
Hanham Abbots Junior SchoolB+13%68%
Kings' Forest Primary SchoolB+17%68%
The Park Primary SchoolB+21%68%
Bromley Heath Junior SchoolB1%67%
Almondsbury Church of England Primary SchoolB7%67%
Oldbury on Severn Church of England Primary SchoolB18%67%
The Manor Church of England Primary SchoolB14%67%
Abbotswood Primary SchoolB25%67%
Raysfield Primary SchoolB17%67%
Cherry Garden Primary SchoolB13%66%
Barrs Court Primary SchoolB13%66%
Bailey's Court Primary SchoolB10%65%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolB6%65%
Charfield Primary SchoolB−10%64%
Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolB−7%63%
Stoke Lodge Primary SchoolB−16%63%
Stanbridge Primary SchoolB−10%63%
Woodlands Primary SchoolB−26%62%
Emersons Green Primary SchoolB−13%62%
St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary SchoolB−14%61%
The Ridge Junior SchoolB−16%61%
Alexander Hosea Primary SchoolC+6%60%
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolC+13%60%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Stoke GiffordC+12%59%
North Road Community Primary SchoolC+11%58%
Longwell Green Primary SchoolC+7%58%
Wellesley Primary SchoolC+8%58%
St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolC+19%58%
St Stephen's Church of England Junior School, SoundwellC+20%58%
The Tynings Primary SchoolC21%57%
Courtney Primary SchoolC18%56%
Christ Church Hanham CofE Primary SchoolC10%56%
Staple Hill Primary SchoolC30%56%
Lyde Green Primary SchoolC22%55%
St John's Mead Church of England Primary SchoolC12%54%
Christ The King Catholic Primary School, ThornburyC18%54%
Charborough Road Primary SchoolC−14%53%
Redfield Edge Primary SchoolC−4%53%
St Barnabas Church of England Primary SchoolC−14%52%
Shield Road Primary SchoolC−29%51%
Elm Park Primary SchoolC−29%51%
Bowsland Green Primary SchoolC−8%51%
Horton CofE VA Primary SchoolC−35%50%
Gillingstool Primary SchoolC−29%50%
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolC−19%49%
St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC PrimaryC−10%49%
Severn Beach Primary SchoolC−14%49%
Filton Hill Primary SchoolC−20%48%
King's Oak AcademyD29%45%
Barley Close Community Primary SchoolD32%44%
Parkwall Primary SchoolD51%44%
Callicroft Primary SchoolD32%43%
Cadbury Heath Primary SchoolD19%42%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, ThornburyD11%39%
Tyndale Primary SchoolD−49%38%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolD−24%35%
Little Stoke Primary SchoolD−31%33%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, CromhallD−15%30%
Tortworth Primary SchoolD−26%29%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

239 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
14.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

The Ridge Junior School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths B−Better than 45% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, November 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Ridge Junior School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BS37 7, the school’s postcode sector

Yate property prices →
£370,000
median sale, 555 sales in 36 months · Yate £289,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025BS37 7Yate
BS37 7Yate

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£500K
Semi-detached
£360K
Terraced
£290K
Flat
£208K
BS37 7Yate

Homes in BS37 7 sell for well over Yate’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

13 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+C+CC+BBA−D−B−CBBB−The Ridge Junior School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Yate, BS37 7AP

The Ridge Junior School: common questions

Is The Ridge Junior School a good school?

By its published results, about average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 45% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 61% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, November 2022.

What is The Ridge Junior School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2022).

How much do houses cost near The Ridge Junior School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BS37 7, sold for a median £370,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (555 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Yate’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.