Chandag Primary School
General Information
- Address: Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PQ – View on map
- Phone: 01179864129
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Davina Lucas
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 32 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 32 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 30
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.7%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Bath and North East Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.6% a year (Bath and North East Somerset 16.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 19% moved to another school, 81% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bath and North East Somerset: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2021 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Bath and North East Somerset average (63%)
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 80% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 104
- Based on: 65 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 29th of 53 junior and primary schools in the area
- =27Batheaston Church School64%
- =27Chew Stoke Church School64%
- =29Chandag Primary School63%
- =29Combe Down CofE Primary School63%
- =29Oldfield Park Junior School63%
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11th of 39 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #9Cameley CEVC Primary SchoolGood
- #10Castle Primary SchoolGood
- #11Chandag Primary SchoolGood
- #12Chew Magna Primary SchoolGood
- #13Chew Stoke Church SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,314 (2024-25)
48th of 51 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for spending per pupil
- #46Freshford Church School£5,400
- #47Norton Hill Primary School£5,380
- #48Chandag Primary School£5,314
- #49Combe Down CofE Primary School£5,262
- #50St John's Catholic Primary School£1,686
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