Roundhill Primary School
Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, BA2 1LG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Cooper
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Partnership Trust
- Constituency
- Bath
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 217
- URN
- 146263
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01225424950
About this school
Roundhill Primary School is a primary academy in Bath. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 217 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 31 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 10% | 28% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 45% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 26% | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 58% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 95.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - | - |
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 Roundhill Primary School 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 | 36% | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 28% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 306 |
| 2023/24 | 280 |
| 2024/25 | 259 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Roundhill Primary School compares
Roundhill Primary School ranked 51st of 53 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28% | 9.6% | 49.5% | 217 | — |
| Oldfield Park Junior School | 63% | 4.5% | 22.2% | 251 | 0.6 miles |
| Twerton Infant School | — | 9.7% | 55.9% | 150 | 0.8 miles |
| Moorlands Junior School | 55% | 4.9% | 15.6% | 236 | 0.8 miles |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School | 78% | 5.1% | 15.2% | 277 | 0.8 miles |
| Moorlands Infant School | — | 3.3% | 7.3% | 177 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 27 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.54%
- English as an additional language
- 22.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.61%
- Persistent absence
- 31.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oldfield Park Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Bath
-
Twerton Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Bath
-
Moorlands Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Bath
-
St Philip's CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bath
-
Moorlands Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Bath
Other schools in Bath
Roundhill Primary School ranks 25th of the 27 ranked primary 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 Roundhill Primary School teach?
- Roundhill Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Bath.
- Who is the headteacher of Roundhill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Roundhill Primary School is Mrs Emma Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Roundhill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Roundhill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Roundhill Primary School?
- Roundhill Primary School has 217 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Roundhill Primary School full?
- Roundhill Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 217 on roll (52%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Roundhill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Roundhill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Roundhill Primary School a selective school?
- No. Roundhill Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Roundhill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Roundhill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Roundhill Primary School?
- Roundhill Primary School is part of THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Roundhill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 28% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Roundhill Primary School rank locally?
- Roundhill Primary School ranked 51st of 53 primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Roundhill Primary School's absence rate?
- Roundhill Primary School's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Roundhill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Roundhill Primary School'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 10 July 2026.