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Little Mead Primary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 435Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 138900URN

Gosforth Road, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 6DS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.6 below Bristol, City of median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bristol, City of

77 applications for 47 places · 78th of 89 in Bristol, City of
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
39%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 31 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
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. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 6 June 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  3. 3 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Bristol, City of median (2.2) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

77 applications · 47 places offered · 39 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.0; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  11. 2016 1.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  13. 2014 1.1; Bristol, City of median median 1.2
More applications per place than the Bristol, City of median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202647771.6390.83
Sep 202555801.5440.80
Sep 202452901.7460.88
Sep 202354821.5460.85
Sep 202253941.8440.83
Sep 2021561102.0520.93
Sep 2020601232.1570.95
Sep 2019591302.2631.07
Sep 2018601412.4691.15
Sep 2017601342.2651.08
Sep 201658951.6480.83
Sep 201559981.7560.95
Sep 201460661.1550.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 48% · Writing 63% · Maths 54% → all three 39% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard39%82nd of 90 in Bristol, City of
Reading
Expected standard48%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard63%
Greater depth4%
Maths
Expected standard54%
Higher standard9%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2539%2%10099
2023/2449%0%104103
2022/2344%5%102102

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
138900 · 801/3432
Trust
Amplify Education
Capacity
420 pupils · 435 on roll
Free school meals
30.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2012
Replaced
Little Mead Primary School (URN 134863)
Address
Gosforth Road, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 6DS
Local authority
Bristol, City of

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