High Down Junior School
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Standards maintained, November 2024
- Results
- 72% expected standard; 13% higher standard
- Size
- 328 pupils; classes of 30
- Run by
- Lighthouse Schools Partnership
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11 · Mixed
- Expected standard: 72%, against 63% in North Somerset.
- Higher standard: 13%, against 7% in North Somerset.
- We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
At a glance
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SourceWhere these figures come from
How it is worked outNorth Somerset and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 3. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 6 November 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
- Standards maintained
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 72% (England 62%) (county 63%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 13% (England 8%) (county 7%)
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 72% | 62% | 63% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 13% | 8% | 7% | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | Top 30% (17/57) |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 4.5% of sessions missed; 8.4% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.0% and 6.6%
- Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 0); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 29.8 pupils; 20% of classes have more than 30
- 26.3 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 88 m
- 1 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 0 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 6.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.5 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (under 10%), the median of 3115 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 8.4% | 0.3% |
| 2023/24 | 5.0% | 3.9% | 1.2% | 9.9% | 0.3% |
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 3.4% | 1.2% | 8.7% | 0.0% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 4.0% | 6.6% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1.2 | 0.6% | 4 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 0.2 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 29.8 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 20% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 26.3 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 88 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 0 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 6.4 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 8.5 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 5.5 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 9.5% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 4.3% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 6.4% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 4.6% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 44% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2024.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 6 November 2024 | Ungraded visit | Standards maintained |
Admissions
Getting in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- We can't tell how far Year 3 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2016
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2016
- Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with 34 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2016
- Replaced High Down Junior School (URN 109084)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
High Down Infant School0.0 miSt Peter's Church of England Primary School0.9 miSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School1.0 miPortishead Primary School1.2 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Bristol and the North Somerset league table.
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