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Primary school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire

Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend

Pendennis Road, Downend, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS16 5JJ

Church of England Full
School website 01454866516
Ofsted No grade April 2025
Met the expected standard 79% in the top quarter nationally
Pupils 301 over capacity (100%)
Local deprivation 2/10 more deprived

Ofsted

Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 24 April 2025.

This inspection did not give an overall grade. Read the report for Ofsted's findings; it cannot be compared as a single score with a historic grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Report card — no overall grade
Last overall grade in this dataset
Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
Days since inspection
526 days
Framework era
Current framework (no overall grade)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

79% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

14% England 8.1%

Average reading score

107 England 105.3

Average maths score

105 England 104.1

On the headline measure this school is in the top quarter of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
301
Places
300
How full
Full — 301 pupils against 300 places
Girls / boys
161 / 140
Overall absence
4%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
7%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
9%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
8%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
19%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
1

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
27

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
7
Busiest road nearby
A432

11,027 vehicles a day (2025)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
18

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Bristol Parkway Rail Station

3.9 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

2/10 Deprivation decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England.

2/10 Child poverty decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£338,000

postcode sector BS16 5 · 333 sales

Typical range
£230,000 to £410,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£412,500
Semi-detached
£410,000
Terraced
£362,000
Flat
£185,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
28%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
20%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
11%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
16%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
47%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
29%

England 62.7%

Social housing
43%

England 17%

Privately rented
28%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
32%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
14%

England 22.5%

No car
38%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for South Gloucestershire 025E and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Pippa Osborne
Register status
Open
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Ward
Staple Hill & Mangotsfield
Constituency
Bristol North East
URN
109165

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, DownendVoluntary controlled school Good 2023 — 0.2 mi
Staple Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter Report card 2026 51% 0.3 mi
Frome Vale AcademyAcademy sponsor led Report card 2026 82% 0.5 mi
The Tynings Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 58% 0.7 mi
Stanbridge Primary SchoolAcademy converter Report card 2026 63% 0.8 mi
Avanti Gardens SchoolFree schools Good 2024 25% 0.8 mi
Minerva Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 63% 0.8 mi
Frenchay Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school No overall grade 73% 0.8 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 79%
Median of its 10 closest peers 74%
South Gloucestershire average 57.3%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
The Rissington SchoolCommunity school Cheltenham Good 2023 65%
Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne ChaseAcademy sponsor led West Malling No overall grade 88%
Weston Village Primary SchoolAcademy converter Crewe Good 2022 58%
Drayton Community Primary SchoolCommunity school Abingdon Good 2023 57%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West DerbyVoluntary aided school Liverpool Report card 2026 60%
Smallwood CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter Sandbach Good 2024 74%
Springcroft Primary SchoolCommunity school Stoke-on-Trent Good 2022 80%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Pudsey Good 2024 81%
St Paulinus Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Dartford Good 2024 80%
John of Gaunt Infant and Nursery SchoolFoundation school Norwich Good 2023 —
Ebbsfleet Green Primary SchoolFree schools Swanscombe Good 2023 —
The Pines Primary SchoolFree schools Bury St. Edmunds Good 2022 36%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 109165; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 24 April 2025
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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