Chew Stoke Church School
General Information
- Address: School Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8UY – View on map
- Phone: 01275332354
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr B Hewett
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 37 families put it first for 28 places – 13 for every 10 places. 76% of them were offered a place. 12 of the 28 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 13 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Bath and North East Somerset average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.9% a year (Bath and North East Somerset 16.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 24% moved to another school, 76% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 5.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Bath and North East Somerset average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 71% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 89% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 28 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 27th of 53 junior and primary schools in the area
- =25Whitchurch Primary School65%
- =27Batheaston Church School64%
- =27Chew Stoke Church School64%
- =29Chandag Primary School63%
- =29Combe Down CofE Primary School63%
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13th of 39 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for Ofsted rating
- #11Chandag Primary SchoolGood
- #12Chew Magna Primary SchoolGood
- #13Chew Stoke Church SchoolGood
- #14Clutton Primary SchoolGood
- #15Combe Down CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,354 (2024-25)
29th of 51 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for spending per pupil
- #27High Littleton CofE VC Primary School£6,384
- #28Newbridge Primary School£6,375
- #29Chew Stoke Church School£6,354
- #30St John's Church of England Primary School£6,353
- #31Weston All Saints CofE Primary School£6,349
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