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Cheddar Grove Primary School

Academy converter in Bristol, BS13 7EN, taking ages 3 to 11, 437 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Sep 2023
1.02 mi Admitted from, latest published year
91% Full
72.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.02 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.79 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2021.

Cheddar Grove Primary School: 0.79 miles, 2021 Ashton Gate Primary School: 1.14 miles, published by Bristol, City of

Draw the circle for a published year

3 years published by Bristol, City of, newest first. The figure at the top of this page is the newest of them.

This is not a catchment area. 1.02 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Cheddar Grove Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

Source: Bristol, City of, published admission distances

Where Cheddar Grove Primary School and Ashton Gate Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Ashton Gate Primary School admitted from 1.14 miles in the latest published year, published by Bristol, City of. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.79 and 1.14 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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Drop Ashton Gate Primary School and go back to one school.

If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Bristol, City of, 64 of 218 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (29.4%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Cheddar Grove Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Headley Park Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.75 mi 0.5 mi
Parson Street Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.75 mi 0.7 mi
Ashton Vale Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.3 mi 0.8 mi
Fair Furlong Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.85 mi 1.2 mi
Ashton Gate Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.14 mi 1.3 mi
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road Both in reach Primary 0.69 mi 1.3 mi

The distance as a picture

Cheddar Grove Primary School catchment area map: the 1.02 mile admission distance and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 437 pupils in 480 places (91% full)
TrustFUTURA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Local authorityBristol, City of

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 14 September 2023
Meeting the expected standard 72.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 72.0%
2023/24 66.0%
2022/23 75.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Cheddar Grove Primary School

Girls and boys51.0% girls, 49.0% boys
English as an additional language3.0% of pupils
Free school meals16.9% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Cheddar Grove Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 1.02 miles: BS13, median £255,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
BS13 Bristol, City of 0.9 mi £255,000 51 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.02 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Cheddar Grove Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Winford Grove, 0.2 mi away, with 7.6 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; the service runs through the night.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Cheddar Grove84 yd5.83.22.175, 44, SB7, 37
Cheddar Grove97 yd5.93.52.075, 44, 37, SB7
Wrington Crescent0.2 mi5.93.52.075, 44, 37, SB7

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Cheddar Grove Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around BS13: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at BS13 7EN, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Cheddar Grove Primary School?

Cheddar Grove Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 1.02 miles away, per Bristol, City of.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Cheddar Grove Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.02 miles was enough in the latest published year. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Cheddar Grove Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Bristol, City of school's distance

All Bristol, City of schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

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