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Academy sponsor led · South Gloucestershire

Sir Bernard Lovell Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,268Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141665URN

North Street, Oldland Common, Bristol, BS30 8TS · 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
1.8per place
0.4 below South Gloucestershire median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in South Gloucestershire

412 applications for 236 places · 11th of 15 in South Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.6of 90
9th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
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. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 4 November 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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below South Gloucestershire median (2.2) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

412 applications · 236 places offered · 255 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; South Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.9; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.5; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.8; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.5; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.4; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.5; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.4; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.2; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.3; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.5; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
More applications per place than the South Gloucestershire median in 0 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as Sir Bernard Lovell School (URN 109300), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262364121.82551.08
Sep 20252404431.92791.16
Sep 20242643861.52420.92
Sep 20232334101.82541.09
Sep 20222053031.52030.99
Sep 20212383421.42260.95
Sep 20202173351.51980.91
Sep 20192162941.41560.72
Sep 20182002471.21580.79
Sep 20171972621.31370.70
Sep 20161772601.51570.89
Sep 2015 *1582701.71400.89
Sep 2014 *2343351.42140.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

202 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.69th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%12th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.08
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20244.638%63%–
2024/2520444.543%66%–
2023/2419248.347%70%+0.08
2022/2318049.154%73%+0.37

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
Secondary
URN · DfE number
141665 · 803/4005
Trust
Futura Learning Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,409 pupils · 1,268 on roll
Free school meals
18.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2015
Replaced
Sir Bernard Lovell School (URN 109300)
Address
North Street, Oldland Common, Bristol, BS30 8TS
Local authority
South Gloucestershire

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