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E-ACT Montpelier High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 859Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 151303URN

Cheltenham Road, Bristol, BS6 5RD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Safeguarding not effective

Graded inspection · Mar 2022 Previous framework

Inadequate
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to Bristol, City of median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bristol, City of

343 applications for 145 places · 10th of 24 in Bristol, City of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
57.6of 90
3rd of 22 in Bristol, City of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Safeguarding: not effective at the latest graded inspection

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate · 23 March 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth form provisionRequires improvement

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
2.4applications per place, Year 7
close to Bristol, City of median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

343 applications · 145 places offered · 137 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.0; Bristol, City of median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.0; Bristol, City of median median 2.4; as the previous school
  4. 2023 1.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  5. 2022 3.6; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  6. 2021 5.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  7. 2020 6.0; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  8. 2019 5.3; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 4.3; Bristol, City of median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 4.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 4.9; Bristol, City of median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 4.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.0; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median

Dashed bars: as Montpelier High School (URN 135581), Colstons Girls' School (URN 109344), 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 20261453432.41370.94
Sep 20251502962.01170.78
Sep 2024 *1302622.0930.72
Sep 2023 *1602901.81140.71
Sep 2022 *1675943.62541.52
Sep 2021 *1337325.52982.24
Sep 2020 *1368196.03432.52
Sep 2019 *1678835.34492.69
Sep 2018 *1636934.33582.20
Sep 2017 *1386694.93552.57
Sep 2016 *1366644.93642.68
Sep 2015 *1375794.22862.09
Sep 2014 *1365714.22962.18

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

135 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)57.63rd of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths61%4th of 22 in Bristol, City of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2022/23, the latest published)+0.41
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13557.661%77%–
2024/2513157.361%80%–
2023/24–
2022/23 *16557.565%84%+0.41

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
151303 · 801/4020
Trust
E-Act
Capacity
925 pupils · 859 on roll
Free school meals
32.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2024
Replaced
Montpelier High School (URN 135581); Colstons Girls' School (URN 109344)
Address
Cheltenham Road, Bristol, BS6 5RD
Local authority
Bristol, City of

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