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Bridge Learning Campus

  • 3–16Ages
  • 1,202Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • 139049URN

William Jessop Way, Hartcliffe, Bristol, BS13 0RL · 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
2.0per place
0.2 below Bristol, City of median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bristol, City of

167 applications for 83 places · 16th of 24 in Bristol, City of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
33.4of 90
21st of 22 in Bristol, City of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 3 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds 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

  1. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Needs attention
  2. 5 October 2021
    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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Bristol, City of median (2.2) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

167 applications · 83 places offered · 78 named it first

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

  1. 2026 2.0; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.4
  4. 2023 0.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  5. 2022 0.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  6. 2021 0.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  7. 2020 0.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.0; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.5
  10. 2017 2.3; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  11. 2016 2.3; Bristol, City of median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.0
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.6 per place (93 applications for 58 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

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 2026831672.0780.94
Sep 2025931932.11091.17
Sep 2024932002.2820.88
Sep 20232291690.7730.32
Sep 20221521330.9570.38
Sep 20211601440.9590.37
Sep 20201411310.9510.36
Sep 20191071091.0390.36
Sep 20181071131.1580.54
Sep 2017601352.3440.73
Sep 2016541232.3390.72
Sep 2015441072.4380.86
Sep 2014631642.6570.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)33.421st of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths23%20th of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.75
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14933.423%46%–
2024/2513334.623%45%–
2023/2411333.618%35%−0.75
2022/2310537.729%51%−0.57

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
139049 · 801/4005
Trust
Amplify Education
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,395 pupils · 1,202 on roll
Free school meals
58.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 March 2013
Address
William Jessop Way, Hartcliffe, Bristol, BS13 0RL
Local authority
Bristol, City of

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