Schools near Bath
50 open schools in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Bath and North East Somerset schools · grammar schools in Bath
Bath has 50 state schools: 37 primary, 8 secondary, part of Bath and North East Somerset's wider catchment. 39 have a published Ofsted rating, and 32 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
How places are allocated in Bath and North East Somerset
Primary schools: No catchment area mentioned in the LA's described oversubscription criteria; low LA-run coverage (4 of 81 schools) so low confidence. (source)
Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.
Bath straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Bath and North East Somerset's, and Somerset also has schools here, applying under its own.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 31 October 2027 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2028 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 1 March 2028 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 17 April 2028 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 1 March 2027 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 16 April 2027 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 31 October 2025 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2 March 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 16 April 2026 (passed) |
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