Abbot Alphege Academy
Beckford Drive, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9AU
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Weston All Saints CofE Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Norcott
- Religious ethos
- Church of England/Christian
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bath and Wells
- Constituency
- Bath
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 0
- URN
- 144737
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
About this school
Abbot Alphege Academy was a Church of England primary academy in Bath. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 0 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Abbot Alphege Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2017, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 14% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 29% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Abbot Alphege Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bath and North East Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78% | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 14% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64 |
| 2023/24 | 40 |
| 2024/25 | 0 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abbot Alphege Academy compares
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | — | 0% | 0 | — |
| St Stephens Church School | 71% | 4.6% | 6.5% | 360 | 1.1 miles |
| Weston All Saints CofE Primary School | 46% | 5.4% | 17.7% | 418 | 1.1 miles |
| Swainswick Church School | 67% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 72 | 1.1 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 184 | 1.2 miles |
| St Saviours Infant Church School | — | 5.9% | 12.5% | 115 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Stephens Church School1.1 miles
Primary · Bath
-
Weston All Saints CofE Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bath
-
Swainswick Church School1.1 miles
Primary · Bath
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Bath
-
St Saviours Infant Church School1.3 miles
Primary · Bath
Other schools in Bath
- Bathampton Primary School Primary
- Batheaston Church School Primary
- Bathford Church School Primary
- Bathwick St Mary Church School Primary
- Combe Down CofE Primary School Primary
- Farmborough Church Primary School Primary
- Freshford Church School Primary
- Marksbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Moorlands Infant School Primary
- Moorlands Junior School Primary
- Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy Primary
- Newbridge Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Abbot Alphege Academy teach?
- Abbot Alphege Academy taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Bath.
- Has Abbot Alphege Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abbot Alphege Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Abbot Alphege Academy?
- Abbot Alphege Academy had 0 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Abbot Alphege Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 14% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Abbot Alphege Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbot Alphege Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 October 2025.