Overall Oxbridge
#1,041
12 ranked schools · -127 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
150
Offers
25
Offer rate16.7%
-5.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
In the valley of the River Avon, enclosed by wooded limestone hills in Somerset, Bath grew from a Roman spa settlement of around 60 AD into a Georgian city whose honey-coloured stone crescents and terraces earned UNESCO World Heritage status in 1987. Great Western Railway services from Bath Spa reach Bristol Temple Meads in around twelve minutes, placing the city within easy range of the Southwest's second major school and employment hub. Lansdown, rising steeply north of the Royal Crescent, is among the most sought-after addresses for school catchments in the city, while Widcombe, across the river to the south, draws families competing for primary places near the centre. Bath's historic core concentrates several of the city's most keenly contested state-school places, and Combe Down and the village of Freshford extend the catchment search into the quieter surrounding countryside. Around 94,000 people live in the city today.
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Post-16
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Area Performance
Across 55 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.39/10, -0.07 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Bath schools
Bath vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Bath schools
top 51% of 14,978
top 51% of 14,978
top 24% of 3,862
top 24% of 3,862
top 32% of 2,555
top 32% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
12 ranked schools · -127 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
150
Offers
25
Oxford
9 ranked schools · -12 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
82
Offers
11
Cambridge
12 ranked schools · -178 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
68
Offers
14
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Bath
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Bath
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