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Academy sponsor led · Bristol, City of

Bristol Metropolitan Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,103Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135959URN

Snowdon Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 2HD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to Bristol, City of median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bristol, City of

454 applications for 205 places · 12th of 24 in Bristol, City of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.4of 90
9th of 22 in Bristol, City of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 7 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 23 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
close to Bristol, City of median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

454 applications · 205 places offered · 231 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.5
  10. 2017 1.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.0
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 20262054542.22311.13
Sep 20252094392.12251.08
Sep 20242135482.62791.31
Sep 20232114722.22261.07
Sep 20222105512.62711.29
Sep 20212195482.52531.16
Sep 20202174702.22451.13
Sep 20192164542.11990.92
Sep 20181915182.72121.11
Sep 20171763421.91440.82
Sep 20161803291.81580.88
Sep 20151672651.61250.75
Sep 20141782571.41140.64

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

211 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.49th of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%9th of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.54
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21148.448%71%–
2024/2521546.940%61%–
2023/2421548.046%71%+0.54
2022/2319845.436%60%+0.31

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135959 · 801/6913
Trust
Cabot Learning Federation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
945 pupils · 1,103 on roll
Free school meals
31.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
Bristol Metropolitan College (URN 109287)
Address
Snowdon Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 2HD
Local authority
Bristol, City of

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources