Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bristol, City of
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| 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 | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 15 June 2022Graded inspection: Inadequate · as St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School, URN 139032
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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 entry29 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
- 2025 1.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
- 2024 1.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
- 2023 1.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2021 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 1.0; Bristol, City of median median 1.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bristol, City of median
Dashed bars: as St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School (URN 139032), St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School (URN 109248), the previous school.
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 | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 29 | 1.5 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 16 | 24 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2022 * | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 17 | 26 | 1.5 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 25 | 35 | 1.4 | 22 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 44 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 25 | 43 | 1.7 | 21 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 28 | 28 | 1.0 | 24 | 0.86 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 48% · Writing 43% · Maths 57% → all three 33% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bristol, City of median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 33% | 0% | 99 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 0% | 101 | 98 |
| 2022/23 |
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
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures 20262.1applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · Bristol, City ofGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Bristol, City ofStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Bristol, City ofGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Bristol, City ofGood20232.2applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Bristol, City ofGood20221.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Bristol, City ofRequires improvement20241.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Bristol, City ofRemains Good20232.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Bristol, City ofGood20242.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149915 · 801/2125
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 125 on roll
- Free school meals
- 68.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2023
- Replaced
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School (URN 139032); St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School (URN 109248)
- Address
- Pennywell Road, Bristol, BS5 0TJ
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources