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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 23 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 23 September 2014Graded 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 entry556 applications · 229 places offered · 276 named it first
- 2026 2.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2025 2.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2024 2.9; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2023 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.1; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2021 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.5; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.5; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.5; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
- 2017 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2016 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2015 2.0; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2014 2.1; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- This school
- South Gloucestershire 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 229 | 556 | 2.4 | 276 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 | 230 | 619 | 2.7 | 336 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2024 | 233 | 676 | 2.9 | 351 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2023 | 262 | 574 | 2.2 | 297 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 265 | 563 | 2.1 | 288 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 235 | 533 | 2.3 | 270 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 234 | 583 | 2.5 | 324 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 597 | 2.5 | 311 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 232 | 586 | 2.5 | 268 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 | 237 | 521 | 2.2 | 303 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 | 235 | 506 | 2.2 | 245 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2015 | 210 | 426 | 2.0 | 193 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 170 | 364 | 2.1 | 139 | 0.82 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 239 | 48.7 | 48% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 233 | 51.0 | 54% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 229 | 48.8 | 49% | 76% | +0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 220 | 51.7 | 55% | 77% | +0.35 |
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
- Downend SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · South Gloucestershire20262.2applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · South GloucestershireNot yet inspected
- 3.4 km · Bristol, City of20262.2applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · South GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Bristol, City ofRemains Good20232.3applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · South Gloucestershire20262.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · South Gloucestershire202625.4Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · South GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139345 · 803/4148
- Trust
- Pathway Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,425 pupils · 1,415 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2013
- Replaced
- Downend Comprehensive School (URN 109321)
- Address
- Westerleigh Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6XA
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources