Pensford Primary School
Pensford, BS39 4AA · Bath and North East Somerset local authority
What stands out about Pensford Primary School
- Its own letter, A: Key Stage 2 results better than 94% of England’s primary schools
- 82% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20 points above England’s schools
- 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
- 82% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (14 of 17)
- Homes in its postcode sector (BS39 4) sold for a median £450,000; Pensford’s is £377,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 82%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 94% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Bath and North East Somerset avg 62%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 108 (100 = the expected standard)
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.
How hard is it to get a place at Pensford Primary School?
82% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2021 (2), 2024 (5), 2025 (4), 2026 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Partnership Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bath and North East Somerset council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
82% got their first choice
Pensford and Bath and North East Somerset, side by side
2023–2025All 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. Pensford’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshford Church School | A+ | 1% | 94% |
| St Julian's Church School | A+ | 8% | 85% |
| Saltford CofE Primary School | A | 4% | 82% |
| Pensford Primary School | A | 6% | 82% |
| Shoscombe Church School | A | 7% | 81% |
| High Littleton CofE VC Primary School | A | 13% | 77% |
| Clutton Primary School | A | 11% | 76% |
| Widcombe CofE Junior School | A− | 7% | 75% |
| St Stephens Church School | A− | 6% | 75% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | A− | 15% | 74% |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School | A− | 15% | 74% |
| Bathford Church School | A− | 9% | 74% |
| Westfield Primary School | A− | 29% | 74% |
| Longvernal Primary School | A− | 16% | 72% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | A− | 28% | 72% |
| Chew Stoke Church School | A− | 4% | 71% |
| Trinity Church School | B+ | 21% | 70% |
| Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Midsomer Norton Primary School | B+ | 27% | 70% |
| Bishop Sutton Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Swainswick Church School | B+ | 6% | 70% |
| Oldfield Park Junior School | B+ | 19% | 68% |
| St John's CofE Primary School | B | 13% | 67% |
| Bathwick St Mary Church School | B | 7% | 65% |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | B | 10% | 65% |
| Newbridge Primary School | B− | 9% | 64% |
| Whitchurch Primary School | B− | 23% | 64% |
| East Harptree Church of England Primary School | B− | 7% | 62% |
| Paulton Junior School | B− | 19% | 61% |
| Combe Down CofE Primary School | B− | 13% | 61% |
| Farmborough Church Primary School | B− | 3% | 61% |
| Welton Primary School | C+ | 19% | 60% |
| Batheaston Church School | C+ | 14% | 60% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | C+ | 12% | 60% |
| Ubley Church of England Primary School | C | 8% | 56% |
| Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy | C | 10% | 55% |
| St Saviours Junior Church School | C | 15% | 54% |
| Peasedown St John Primary School | C | 24% | 54% |
| St Keyna Primary School | C− | 22% | 53% |
| Moorlands Junior School | C− | 15% | 52% |
| Stanton Drew Primary School | C− | 17% | 52% |
| Castle Primary School | C− | 24% | 52% |
| Bathampton Primary School | C− | 3% | 51% |
| St Andrew's Church School | C− | 18% | 51% |
| Weston All Saints CofE Primary School | C− | 17% | 48% |
| Chew Magna Primary School | C− | 3% | 48% |
| Marksbury CofE Primary School | D | 9% | 47% |
| St Nicholas Church School | D | 39% | 46% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | D− | 41% | 38% |
| Cameley CEVC Primary School | D− | 10% | 36% |
| St Martin's Garden Primary School | D− | 47% | 34% |
| Roundhill Primary School | D− | 49% | 27% |
| St Michaels Junior Church School | D− | 69% | 18% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025101 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.
Girls and boys
Pensford Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
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.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, June 2023.
Living near Pensford Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in BS39 4, the school’s postcode sector
Pensford property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in BS39 4 sell for well over Pensford’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
1 state schoolLocation
Directions ↗Pensford, BS39 4AA
Pensford Primary School: common questions
Is Pensford Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 94% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A), with 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, June 2023.
How hard is it to get into Pensford Primary School?
For September 2026, 17 families put Pensford Primary School first and 14 of them were offered a place; 15 places were offered in all.
What is Pensford Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).
How much do houses cost near Pensford Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, BS39 4, sold for a median £450,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (57 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; Pensford’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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