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Widcombe CofE Junior School

PrimaryAges 7–11AcademyChurch of England

Bath, BA2 4JG · Bath and North East Somerset local authority

Bath’s School Grade B better than 61% of towns in England

Its letter
83%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
How full
243 pupils
101% of its 240 places
Free school meals
7%
7 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Widcombe CofE Junior School

  • Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 83% of England’s primary schools
  • 75% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13 points above England’s schools
  • 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, March 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BA2 4) sold for a median £585,000; Bath’s is £445,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 75%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 83% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Bath and North East Somerset avg 62%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Widcombe CofE Junior 75%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 112, maths 109 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading95%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)83%
England’s schools 73%
Maths97%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling85%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three12%
England’s schools 8% · Bath and North East Somerset 8% · 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.

Bath and Bath and North East Somerset, side by side

2023–2025

All 53 graded primaries in Bath and North East Somerset. 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. Bath’s schools are coloured by their letter.

15%29%43%57%71%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Widcombe CofE Junior
ABCDElsewhere in Bath and North East SomersetWidcombe CofE Junior
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Freshford Church SchoolA+1%94%
St Julian's Church SchoolA+8%85%
Saltford CofE Primary SchoolA4%82%
Pensford Primary SchoolA6%82%
Shoscombe Church SchoolA7%81%
High Littleton CofE VC Primary SchoolA13%77%
Clutton Primary SchoolA11%76%
Widcombe CofE Junior SchoolA−7%75%
St Stephens Church SchoolA−6%75%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolA−15%74%
St Philip's CofE Primary SchoolA−15%74%
Bathford Church SchoolA−9%74%
Westfield Primary SchoolA−29%74%
Longvernal Primary SchoolA−16%72%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolA−28%72%
Chew Stoke Church SchoolA−4%71%
Trinity Church SchoolB+21%70%
Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary SchoolB+10%70%
Midsomer Norton Primary SchoolB+27%70%
Bishop Sutton Primary SchoolB+10%70%
Swainswick Church SchoolB+6%70%
Oldfield Park Junior SchoolB+19%68%
St John's CofE Primary SchoolB13%67%
Bathwick St Mary Church SchoolB7%65%
St John's Catholic Primary SchoolB10%65%
Newbridge Primary SchoolB−9%64%
Whitchurch Primary SchoolB−23%64%
East Harptree Church of England Primary SchoolB−7%62%
Paulton Junior SchoolB−19%61%
Combe Down CofE Primary SchoolB−13%61%
Farmborough Church Primary SchoolB−3%61%
Welton Primary SchoolC+19%60%
Batheaston Church SchoolC+14%60%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolC+12%60%
Ubley Church of England Primary SchoolC8%56%
Somerdale Educate Together Primary AcademyC10%55%
St Saviours Junior Church SchoolC15%54%
Peasedown St John Primary SchoolC24%54%
St Keyna Primary SchoolC−22%53%
Moorlands Junior SchoolC−15%52%
Stanton Drew Primary SchoolC−17%52%
Castle Primary SchoolC−24%52%
Bathampton Primary SchoolC−3%51%
St Andrew's Church SchoolC−18%51%
Weston All Saints CofE Primary SchoolC−17%48%
Chew Magna Primary SchoolC−3%48%
Marksbury CofE Primary SchoolD9%47%
St Nicholas Church SchoolD39%46%
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolD−41%38%
Cameley CEVC Primary SchoolD−10%36%
St Martin's Garden Primary SchoolD−47%34%
Roundhill Primary SchoolD−49%27%
St Michaels Junior Church SchoolD−69%18%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

237 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
12.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
14.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

Widcombe CofE Junior School’s letter

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

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths A−Better than 83% 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.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), March 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Widcombe CofE Junior School

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

Home prices in BA2 4, the school’s postcode sector

Bath property prices →
£585,000
median sale, 291 sales in 36 months · Bath £445,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025BA2 4Bath
BA2 4Bath

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£1.1M
Semi-detached
£1.1M
Terraced
£700K
Flat
£326K
BA2 4Bath

Homes in BA2 4 sell for well over Bath’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

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAAC−B−B+CBC−A−C−AB−BA−Widcombe CofE Junior School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bath, BA2 4JG

Widcombe CofE Junior School: common questions

Is Widcombe CofE Junior School a good school?

By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 83% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 75% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, March 2025.

What is Widcombe CofE Junior School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (March 2025).

How much do houses cost near Widcombe CofE Junior School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BA2 4, sold for a median £585,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (291 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; Bath’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.

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