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St Katherine's School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 976Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 142853URN

Pill Road, Ham Green, Bristol, BS20 0HU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.5 above North Somerset median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Somerset

418 applications for 185 places · 1st of 11 in North Somerset
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.2of 90
4th of 11 in North Somerset
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 31 March 2026Published 7 June 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 provisionExpected standard
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. 31 March 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 8 December 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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above North Somerset median (1.7) close to England median (2.2)

418 applications · 185 places offered · 165 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; North Somerset median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.3; North Somerset median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.6; North Somerset median median 1.8
  4. 2023 3.0; North Somerset median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.1; North Somerset median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.3; North Somerset median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.1; North Somerset median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.1; North Somerset median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.8; North Somerset median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.1; North Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; North Somerset median median 1.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the North Somerset median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • North Somerset median

Dashed bars: as St Katherine's School (URN 109317), 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 20261854182.31650.89
Sep 20251844232.31670.91
Sep 20241834842.61520.83
Sep 20231765303.02361.34
Sep 20221853952.11320.71
Sep 20211784162.31560.88
Sep 20201803431.91250.69
Sep 20191773652.11220.69
Sep 20181783652.11220.69
Sep 20171482611.8940.64
Sep 2016 *1282712.1960.75
Sep 2015 *1132542.3860.76
Sep 2014 *1542931.91230.80

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

176 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.24th of 11 in North Somerset
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%5th of 11 in North Somerset
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • North Somerset median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17649.246%69%–
2024/2517050.047%69%–
2023/2416948.046%75%−0.07
2022/2317348.151%71%−0.08

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
142853 · 802/4144
Trust
Amplify Education
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,001 pupils · 976 on roll
Free school meals
24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2016
Replaced
St Katherine's School (URN 109317)
Address
Pill Road, Ham Green, Bristol, BS20 0HU
Local authority
North Somerset

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