Prior Park Paragon
Prior Park Paragon is an independent school in Bath for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 218 pupils and room for 300.
Lyncombe House, Lyncombe Vale, Bath, BA2 4LT01225 310837paragonschool.co.ukMr Malcolm Bond headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 Bath and North East Somerset council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 218 | 231 | 252 | 259 | 263 | 261 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 25% | 29% | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechen Cliff School | Academy | 430 m | 1,232 | Good 2023 | 78 | Compare |
| Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy | Free school | 870 m | 172 | Good 2022 | 30 | Compare |
| Widcombe Infant School | Academy | 950 m | 182 | Report card 2026 | 65 | Compare |
| Widcombe CofE Junior School | Academy | 980 m | 243 | No overall grade 2025 | 96 | Compare |
| Prior Park College | Independent | 0.7 miles | 526 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bath College | Further education | 0.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hayesfield Girls School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,497 | Good 2022 | 82 | Compare |
| Combe Down CofE Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 422 | Not inspected | 57 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Prior Park Paragon a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Prior Park Paragon yet.
How many pupils does Prior Park Paragon have?
218 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 300 places, so it is 73% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Lyncombe House, Lyncombe Vale, Bath, BA2 4LT
- Telephone
- 01225 310837
- Website
- www.paragonschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Malcolm Bond
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Ward
- Widcombe & Lyncombe
- Constituency
- Bath
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 3 February 1971
- URN
- 109350 · LAESTAB 8006004 · UKPRN 10070271
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.