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Barley Close Community Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 207Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 109047URN

Barley Close, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9DL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to South Gloucestershire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in South Gloucestershire

19 applications for 9 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
47%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 14 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 14 May 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  2. 8 June 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to South Gloucestershire median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

19 applications · 9 places offered · 8 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.8; South Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.1; South Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 0.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.3; South Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.6; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.0; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.1; South Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.3; South Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
More applications per place than the South Gloucestershire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20269192.180.89
Sep 202516281.8161.00
Sep 202426542.1230.88
Sep 202328381.4100.36
Sep 202253350.7190.36
Sep 202137481.3190.51
Sep 202022351.6120.55
Sep 201921412.0200.95
Sep 201825532.1230.92
Sep 201727461.7190.70
Sep 201640501.3270.68
Sep 201547781.7380.81
Sep 201452741.4390.75

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 60% · Maths 63% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%67th of 79 in South Gloucestershire
Reading
Expected standard50%
Higher standard17%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard60%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard63%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2547%0%101101
2023/2444%0%101102
2022/2343%2%101100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
109047 · 803/2216
Capacity
240 pupils · 207 on roll
Free school meals
31.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Barley Close, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9DL
Local authority
South Gloucestershire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources