Academy converter · North Somerset

Birdwell Primary School

3–11Ages
427Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139471URN

Hollis Close, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS41 9AZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.4 below North Somerset median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Somerset

87 applications for 60 places · 40th of 49 in North Somerset

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

84%met the expected standard

North Somerset 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 2 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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Inspection history

9 December 2025
Report card · 7 Expected standard
21 October 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains 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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.4 below North Somerset median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

87 applications · 60 places offered · 66 named it first

2026 1.5; North Somerset median median 1.8
2025 1.5; North Somerset median median 1.9
2024 1.5; North Somerset median median 2.0
2023 1.6; North Somerset median median 1.9
2022 1.6; North Somerset median median 1.9
2021 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.9
2020 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.9
2019 1.8; North Somerset median median 2.0
2018 1.8; North Somerset median median 2.1
2017 1.8; North Somerset median median 2.1
2016 1.9; North Somerset median median 2.2
2015 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.9
2014 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.9

More applications per place than the North Somerset median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
North Somerset 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	60	87	1.5	66	1.10
Sep 2025	60	91	1.5	62	1.03
Sep 2024	44	66	1.5	42	0.95
Sep 2023	51	82	1.6	50	0.98
Sep 2022	60	98	1.6	62	1.03
Sep 2021	60	112	1.9	64	1.07
Sep 2020	58	99	1.7	56	0.97
Sep 2019	53	97	1.8	53	1.00
Sep 2018	54	95	1.8	53	0.98
Sep 2017	60	108	1.8	64	1.07
Sep 2016	59	110	1.9	54	0.92
Sep 2015	60	112	1.9	76	1.27
Sep 2014	60	113	1.9	59	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 92% · Writing 85% · Maths 89% → all three 84% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard84%3rd of 56 in North Somerset

North Somerset 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard92%

North Somerset 79% England 78%

Higher standard57%

North Somerset 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard85%

North Somerset 77% England 75%

Greater depth20%

North Somerset 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard89%

North Somerset 76% England 77%

Higher standard48%

North Somerset 27% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
North Somerset median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	84%	16%	110	108
2023/24	79%	7%	109	108
2022/23	81%	2%	110	109

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

Birdwell Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

1.5applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Northleaze Church of England Primary School
0.9 km · North Somerset

2026

5.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Ashton Vale Primary School
2.6 km · Bristol, City of

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC)
3.0 km · Bristol, City of

Good2024

2.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Four Acres Academy
3.1 km · Bristol, City of

Good2023

1.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Flax Bourton Church of England Primary School
3.2 km · North Somerset

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Cheddar Grove Primary School
3.2 km · Bristol, City of

Good2023

2.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Dundry Church of England Primary School
3.5 km · North Somerset

Good2022

2.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Luckwell Primary School
3.6 km · Bristol, City of

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.4applications per place 27%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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139471 · 802/2262
Trust: Birdwell School
Capacity: 450 pupils · 427 on roll
Free school meals: 6.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2013
Replaced: Birdwell Primary School (URN 109083)
Address: Hollis Close, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS41 9AZ
Local authority: North Somerset

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