Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bristol, City of
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- 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
- 7 July 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 9 March 2022Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry83 applications · 38 places offered · 32 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
- 2025 1.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2024 2.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
- 2023 3.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2022 2.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2021 1.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2020 2.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
- 2019 2.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
- 2018 2.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2017 2.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2016 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2015 2.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
- 2014 1.1; Bristol, City of median median 1.2
- This school
- Bristol, City of 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 38 | 83 | 2.2 | 32 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 48 | 92 | 1.9 | 44 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 34 | 87 | 2.6 | 31 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 80 | 3.2 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 37 | 103 | 2.8 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 53 | 102 | 1.9 | 52 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 45 | 114 | 2.5 | 41 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 127 | 2.1 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 58 | 143 | 2.5 | 51 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 59 | 169 | 2.9 | 76 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 143 | 2.4 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 151 | 2.5 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 68 | 1.1 | 58 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 61% · Writing 69% · Maths 69% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bristol, City of median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 51% | 2% | 103 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 0% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 4% | 103 | 102 |
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
- Fishponds CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Bristol, City ofGood20242.8applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Bristol, City ofStandards maintained20241.8applications per place
- 0.8 km · Bristol, City ofRemains Good202341%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Bristol, City ofRemains Good20222.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Bristol, City ofGood20231.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Bristol, City ofGood20241.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · South GloucestershireStandards maintained202575%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Bristol, City of20264.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138794 · 801/2067
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 310 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- St Matthias and Dr Bell's CofE VA Primary School (URN 131659)
- Address
- Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3UH
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources