St Michaels Junior Church School, Bath

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From the headteacher's welcome: "We want our pupils to be r eady for life now and in the future. We work with our community and church to ensure our children are spiritually, emotionally and educationally equipped for life now and in the future."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

In 2025, 27% of Year 6 pupils at St Michaels Junior Church School reached the expected standard in reading and 27% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Bath and North East Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 53% in reading and 38% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Across Bath and North East Somerset, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Bath and North East Somerset lodged 7 appeals against primary school offers; 4 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (25% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to St Michaels Junior Church School are Twerton Infant School (0.2 miles, Good); Newbridge Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 87% reading, 88% maths); Roundhill Primary School (1 mile, Inadequate, 52% reading, 48% maths); and St Mary's Catholic Primary School (1 mile).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Michaels Junior Church School.

St Michaels Junior Church School is one of 46 schools run by The Bath and Wells Diocesan Academies Trust, an academy trust.

69.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.7% 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%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 37 pupils (25.7%) received SEN support and 20 (13.9%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Oldfield Park Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Twerton School (e-bound), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Michaels Junior Church School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 156 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bath and North East Somerset (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Michaels Junior Church School issued 26 suspensions, 18.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.