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  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,304Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136822URN

Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.7 above Bristol, City of median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bristol, City of

638 applications for 218 places · 6th of 24 in Bristol, City of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
59.3of 90
1st of 22 in Bristol, City of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 31 March 2026Published 17 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 31 March 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 8 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
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Bristol, City of median (2.2) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

638 applications · 218 places offered · 300 named it first

  1. 2026 2.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  2. 2025 3.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.5
  10. 2017 2.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  11. 2016 2.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.0
  12. 2015 3.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.0
More applications per place than the Bristol, City of median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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 20262186382.93001.38
Sep 20252056253.13111.52
Sep 20242215732.62901.31
Sep 20232195962.72531.16
Sep 20222126002.82831.33
Sep 20212235672.52571.15
Sep 20202225652.62521.14
Sep 20192205162.42000.91
Sep 20182226112.82781.25
Sep 20172025192.62421.20
Sep 20161895082.72541.34
Sep 20151434413.12001.40
Sep 20141443922.71661.15

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

200 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)59.31st of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths70%1st of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths84%
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.43
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20059.370%84%–
2024/2520256.366%83%–
2023/2419958.066%84%+0.43
2022/2319657.865%81%+0.33

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

  • 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
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136822 · 801/4001
Trust
Russell Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,090 pupils · 1,304 on roll
Free school meals
14.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Address
Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Local authority
Bristol, City of

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