Oldfield School, Bath
Oldfield School is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18 in Bath. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2020. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in January 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 6th-highest of the 6 schools in Bath with published results, and 1,309th of 3,298 across England. It was full in 2025, at 102% of capacity.
- GCSE results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2020)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Below England average
- Progress (2024)
- Average
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Bath and North East Somerset (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Oldfield School in detail
Oldfield School in its own words
In its own words: "We provide an exceptional education in an environment that challenges all students and fosters ambition. Our students have respect for themselves, each other and their school and are well-prepared to face the world as compassionate, confident and resilient young people. Oldfield School is a successful, high attaining 11-18 mixed comprehensive with 1250 students located in the historic city of Bath."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2026, pupils at Oldfield School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.1 in Bath and North East Somerset and 47 across England.
50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Bath and North East Somerset and 47% in England.
That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.3.
Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.06: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.6, against 51.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.8 points.
Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.
Getting a place at Oldfield School
For September 2026 entry, 238 families put Oldfield School as their first choice and 728 named it as one of their preferences, for 207 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 74 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Oldfield School are Hayesfield Girls School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 59.9); St Mark's CofE School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.7); Beechen Cliff School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.4); and Saint Gregory's Catholic College (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.3).
Each of them had higher 2026 results than Oldfield School.
Hayesfield Girls SchoolSt Mark's CofE SchoolBeechen Cliff SchoolSaint Gregory's Catholic College
What parents say
274 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Oldfield School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).
Where pupils go next
Of the 196 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.
Of the 85 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 33% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 48% into work. 37% went to one of the most selective third of universities.
Who goes there
9.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (77%), Mixed (7%) and Asian (6%).
In 2026, 282 pupils (21.9%) received SEN support and 73 (5.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.
Oldfield School has a resourced provision for autism: 10 places, 6 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Oldfield Park Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oldfield School (se-bound), 90 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oldfield School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Oldfield School issued 386 suspensions, 30.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Oldfield School are St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Weston All Saints CofE Primary School (0.6 miles), Newbridge Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Michaels Junior Church School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolWeston All Saints CofE Primary SchoolNewbridge Primary SchoolSt Michaels Junior Church School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE destination measures; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Bath and North East Somerset published that the last place for 2026 entry went to a family 4.62 miles away (straight line). The cut-off moves every year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from January 2020, 6 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Sixth Form
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's January 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Oldfield School excels at creating a caring community where your child will feel supported and valued. The school has exceptional provision for pupils with additional needs and offers a wealth of enrichment activities, from the school musical to mentoring schemes. With a comprehensive careers programme and ambitious curriculum, your child will be well-prepared for their future.
Key Strengths
- Strong culture of kindness, care and compassion where pupils feel supported and listened to by staff
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND, including a specialist autism resource base, with many progressing to sixth form
- Broad and ambitious curriculum with extended reading and resources, plus comprehensive careers programme from Year 7 to 13
- High-quality sixth form mentoring scheme where students teach English as an additional language to younger pupils
- Wide range of enrichment activities including school musical, fundraising events and meaningful pupil leadership through school council
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding in all lessons, meaning misconceptions are not always identified and pupils don't know how to progress
- Literacy strategies are not implemented effectively across all subjects, so some pupils don't develop their spelling, vocabulary and reading as well as intended
- At key stage 4, fewer pupils study modern foreign languages, though this is improving
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
School musical, fundraising events, sixth form English language mentoring scheme, school council, wide range of enrichment activities
Oldfield School has maintained the standards from its previous good inspection. The school community has a strong culture of care and compassion, with high expectations for pupil achievement and well-developed support for students with additional needs.
About
Oldfield School is a secondary school, with a sixth form, in Newbridge, Bath, England. Since February 2011, the school has had academy status, meaning that it operates outside the control of the local authority.
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At a Glance
19.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Autism
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
274 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Secondary Performance (GCSE)
Academic year 2025/26GCSE Results
2025/26 academic year
Progress 8 has declined from 0.06 to -0.06 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has improved from 47.0 to 47.9 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has improved from 45% to 50% (2023 to 2026).
Performance by Group
| Group | Progress 8 | Attainment 8 | Eng+Maths 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| All pupils | - | 47.9 | 50.2% |
| Disadvantaged(50) | - | 36.6 | 26% |
| Not known to be disadvantaged(165) | - | 51.4 | 57.6% |
| Boys(108) | - | 48.7 | 55.6% |
| Girls(107) | - | 47.1 | 44.9% |
Show more breakdowns (2)
| Known or believed to be other than English(30) | - | 54.7 | 60% |
| Non mobile(210) | - | 48.1 | 50.5% |
2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data
GCSE Subjects Offered
+ 8 more subjects
2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils
After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations
After GCSEs (Year 11) - 196 students
2023/24 data
Exclusions & Suspensions
6
Permanent exclusions
0.47%
Exclusion rate
386
Suspensions
30.27%
Suspension rate
109 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 1,275 pupils
2024/25 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Oldfield School
Term dates
Oldfield School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Bath and North East Somerset's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Oldfield School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Oldfield School is in Bath and North East Somerset; for families living there:
- Bath and North East Somerset's school travel policy: School Travel Policy for compulsory school age children
- How to apply: Apply for free school transport
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 9
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight.
9 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Bath and North East Somerset is 4.5 (the median across 94 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
102%
Over capacity
1,273 pupils
1,249 places
24 pupils over capacity in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Bath
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Bath
Across Bath and North East Somerset council
Places available
2,400
Applications
1,769
Got 1st preference
88.4%
Got preferred school
97.1%
All secondary applications across Bath and North East Somerset council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(5)
Ungraded inspection: Standards have been maintained.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
282
SEN Support
73
EHC Plans
27.6%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Oldfield School has a resourced provision for autism: 10 places, 6 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
1,287
Total Pupils
683
Boys
604
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
88
Teachers
14.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£53,052
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,917
Per pupil
£8061k
Total funding
£254k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
9.9%
Overall absence
28.6%
Persistent absence
1,138
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Oldfield School
What are GCSE results like at Oldfield School?
In the 2026 results, pupils at Oldfield School achieved an Attainment 8 score of 47.9. 50% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.
What is Oldfield School's Ofsted rating?
Oldfield School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in January 2020, it was rated Good.
How close to Oldfield School do you need to live?
Bath and North East Somerset published for September 2026 entry that the last place offered at Oldfield School on distance went to a family 4.62 miles away. This is the authority's own figure for one year, not a fixed boundary - the cut-off moves with the number of applications, so treat it as a guide rather than a guarantee.
Is it hard to get a place at Oldfield School?
Oldfield School was full in 2025, at 102% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Oldfield School?
Classes at Oldfield School average 23.4 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Oldfield School?
Oldfield School has around 1287 pupils on roll. 19% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Oldfield School have specialist SEN provision?
Oldfield School has a resourced provision for autism: 10 places, 6 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Oldfield School?
9.9% of sessions were missed at Oldfield School in 2024/25. 28.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Oldfield School?
Apply through Bath and North East Somerset's coordinated admissions process, naming Oldfield School on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Oldfield School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight. 9 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bath and North East Somerset is 4.5 (the median across 94 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Oldfield School?
Oldfield School is at Kelston Road, Bath, Somerset, BA1 9AB.
Sources: Bath and North East Somerset admissions booklet; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)