Crossways Infant School
Crossways Infant School is a converter academy in Bristol for boys and girls aged 5 to 7. It has 160 pupils and room for 180. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was requires improvement, back in 2023.
Knapp Road, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2HQ01454 866566crosswaysschools.co.ukMrs Jo Geoghegan headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 10 October 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Requires improvement overall.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2022 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to South Gloucestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (8), Moderate learning difficulty (3), emotional and mental health (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.8% | 4.1% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 1.8% | 3.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.6% | 2.7% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 1.4% | 2.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 8.1% | 8.2% | 16.7% | 15.0% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Crossways Infant School, the school this one replaced in January 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Money
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossways Junior School | Academy | 60 m | 249 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury | Roman Catholic | 350 m | 207 | Good 2022 | 29 | Compare |
| Gillingstool Primary School | Academy | 840 m | 211 | Good 2022 | 17 | Compare |
| Manorbrook Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 288 | Good 2023 | 65 | Compare |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Thornbury | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 197 | No overall grade 2025 | 11 | Compare |
| St Helen's Church of England Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Oldbury on Severn Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 2.7 miles | 83 | Good 2022 | 16 | Compare |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall | Church of England | 2.8 miles | 69 | Report card 2026 | 6 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Crossways Infant School a good school?
Crossways Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it requires improvement at its last inspection in October 2023.
What is Crossways Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Crossways Infant School requires improvement at its last full inspection on 10 October 2023.
How many pupils does Crossways Infant School have?
160 pupils aged 5 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 89% full.
What is attendance like at Crossways Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Crossways Infant School?
The average class had 26.7 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Knapp Road, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2HQ
- Telephone
- 01454 866566
- Website
- www.crosswaysschools.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Geoghegan
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 5-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Leaf Trust (18 schools)
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Ward
- Thornbury
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2026 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152272 · LAESTAB 8032220 · UKPRN 10099626
- Formerly
- Crossways Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.