Chew Magna Primary School

Chew Magna Primary School has received its first inspection since becoming an academy and has been rated as good overall. The school provides a supportive and nurturing environment where pupils are encouraged to engage with their learning and develop positive relationships with staff and peers. High expectations for behavior and attendance contribute to a positive school culture. The curriculum is designed to be ambitious, with a strong focus on phonics and early reading, enabling pupils to achieve well in key areas such as writing.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities.
• Strong emphasis on social, moral, spiritual, and cultural education.
• Effective phonics program supports reading fluency.
• High pupil attendance and positive behavior are evident.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clearly defined knowledge goals for pupils.
• New subject leaders need to develop expertise in monitoring their subject areas.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Chew Magna Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Chew Magna Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Chew Magna Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.0% of pupils at Chew Magna Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Chew Magna Primary School received £7,555 and spent £8,269 for each of its 95 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £44,000 (£464 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Partnership Trust, income was £9,672 and spending £9,897 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bristol · Bath and North East Somerset local authority: places and applications

Chew Magna Primary School is part of The Partnership Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Pensford Primary School Bristol
• Cameley CEVC Primary School Bristol
• Castle Primary School Bristol
• Farmborough Church Primary School Bath
• Marksbury CofE Primary School Bath
• Paulton Infant School Bristol
• Fosse Way School Bath
• Roundhill Primary School Bath
• Weston All Saints CofE Primary School Bath
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School Radstock

What is Chew Magna Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chew Magna Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Chew Magna Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chew Magna Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Chew Magna Primary School have?

Chew Magna Primary School has 100 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chew Magna Primary School cover?

Chew Magna Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Chew Magna Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chew Magna Primary School?

Chew Magna Primary School is at Butham Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RQ.