Schools in Bath
Bath has 53 schools - 35 primary and 6 secondary - with admissions co-ordinated by Bath and North East Somerset Council. The city's hilly topography and historic neighbourhoods mean catchment radii vary significantly, with some primaries serving a tight two-street radius while others cover wider rural fringes.
Several Bath secondary schools are faith-aided or trust academies setting their own admissions criteria outside the council's co-ordinated scheme. Community secondaries use a combination of catchment area and straight-line distance tiebreakers, with last-distance-offered figures published each autumn.
School demand in Bath
Across the 47 schools in Bath with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 12 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
27 schools in Bath have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
39 of the schools in Bath are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Bath and North East Somerset, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
27 of the schools in Bath have a current Ofsted rating, of which 25 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Bath: 5 oversubscribed (35)
Twerton Infant School
Primary · Community school
Bath · BA2 1QR
Norton St Philip Church of England First School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Bath · BA2 7LU
Newbridge Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bath · BA1 3LL
Trinity Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA3 3DE
Moorlands Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 2DQ
Moorlands Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 2DE
Weston All Saints CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 4JR
Combe Down CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 5JQ
Widcombe Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 4JG
St Martin's Garden Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bath · BA2 2UN
Oldfield Park Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 3RF
Oldfield Park Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 2JL
Widcombe CofE Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 4JG
St Philip's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 2BN
Marksbury CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 9HS
Farmborough Church Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 0FY
Bathampton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 6TQ
Batheaston Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 7EP
St Saviours Junior Church School
Primary · Academy converter
BATH · BA1 6TG
St Saviours Infant Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 6NY
Bathwick St Mary Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 6NN
St Andrew's Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 2SN
St Stephens Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 5PZ
Bathford Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 7UB
Freshford Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 7WE
St Michaels Junior Church School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bath · BA2 1RW
Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools
Bath · BA2 5BU
Roundhill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bath · BA2 1LG
St Julian's Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 8QS
Shoscombe Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 8NB
Peasedown St John Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 8DH
Swainswick Church School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 8DB
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bath · BA2 0JR
St John's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 3NR
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 4EH
Secondary Schools in Bath (6)
Saint Gregory's Catholic College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school
Bath · BA2 8PA
Oldfield School
Secondary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 9AB
Hayesfield Girls School
Secondary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 3LA
Ralph Allen School
Secondary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 7AD
Beechen Cliff School
Secondary · Academy converter
Bath · BA2 4RE
St Mark's CofE School
Secondary · Academy converter
Bath · BA1 6ND
Other Schools in Bath (12)
Kingswood School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Bath · BA1 5RG
Kingswood Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Bath · BA1 5SD
The Paragon School, Junior School of Prior Park College
Not applicable · Other independent school
Bath · BA2 4LT
Monkton Combe School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Bath · BA2 7HG
Bath College
All through · Further education
Bath · BA1 1UP
University of Bath
Not applicable · Higher education institutions
Bath · BA2 7AY
Bath Spa University
Not applicable · Higher education institutions
Bath · BA2 9BN
Fosse Way School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Bath · BA3 3AL
Bath Academy
Not applicable · Other independent school
Bath · BA1 2HX
Three Ways School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Bath · BA2 5RF
North Star 180-
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Bath · BA2 5RF
Hambling View Independent School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Bath · BA2 7AE
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Bath are set by Bath and North East Somerset and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.