The deadline for applications to secure primary school places in Bristol is fast approaching. With less than a week left to apply, parents need to make that all-important choice to select which three schools they would like to educate their children for September 2023.
With plenty of choices available in the Bristol region, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skill (Ofsted) ratings can help to narrow things down. Schools are graded on a number of factors which have changed over the years, meaning that those inspected more recently will have been assessed on slightly different criteria than those visited long ago.
More recently the following factors are looked at by inspectors in primary schools such as the effectiveness of leadership and management, quality of teaching, learning and assessment, personal development, behaviour and welfare, outcomes for pupils and early years provision.
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In each category, schools are graded 'inadequate', 'requires improvement', 'good' or 'outstanding' and are then given an overall ranking. Here are the primary schools that Ofsted rated 'good' or 'outstanding' in Bristol City in the last five years from the Find school and college performance data in England Gov website.
| Primary School |
Ofsted Rating |
Inspection Date |
| Frome Vale Academy |
Outstanding |
Jan 2022 |
| Hareclive E-ACT Academy |
Outstanding |
July 2022 |
| Little Mead Primary Academy |
Outstanding |
March 2022 |
| Oasis Academy Marksbury Road |
Outstanding |
July 2018 |
| Air Balloon Hill Primary School |
Good |
April 2018 |
| Ashley Down Primary School |
Good |
January 2019 |
| Bannerman Road Community Academy |
Good |
July 2022 |
| Begbrook Primary Academy |
Good |
January 2018 |
| Brentry Primary School |
Good |
September 2021 |
| Bridge Learning Campus |
Good |
October 2021 |
| Broomhill Junior School |
Good |
October 2021 |
| Cabot Primary School |
Good |
November 2018 |
| Cathedral Primary School |
Good |
October 2018 |
| The Dolphin School |
Good |
February 2018 |
| Easton Church of England Academy |
Good |
November 2019 |
| Fairlawn Primary School |
Good |
April 2018 |
| Filton Avenue Primary School |
Good |
March 2022 |
| Fishponds Church of England Academy |
Good |
March 2022 |
| Fonthill Primary Academy |
Good |
September 2022 |
| Glenfrome Primary School |
Good |
July 2021 |
| Greenfield E-ACT Primary Academy |
Good |
November 2019 |
| Hannah More Primary School |
Good |
March 2020 |
| Henbury Court Primary Academy |
Good |
March 2019 |
| Hillcrest Primary School |
Good |
January 2022 |
| Hotwells Primary School |
Good |
September 2022 |
| Holymead Primary School |
Good |
March 2028 |
| Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy |
Good |
June 2019 |
| Kingsweston School |
Good |
March 2020 |
| Knowle Park Primary School |
Good |
February 2019 |
| Minerva Primary Academy |
Good |
July 2018 |
| North Star 82 |
Good |
March 2019 |
| Nova Primary School |
Good |
July 2022 |
| Oasis Academy Bank Leaze |
Good |
December 2021 |
| Oasis Academy Connaught |
Good |
October 2018 |
| Oasis Academy Long Cross |
Good |
September 2021 |
| Oasis Academy News Oak |
Good |
April 2022 |
| Perry Court E-ACT Academy |
Good |
January 2022 |
| Sefton Park Infant School |
Good |
February 2020 |
| School of Christ The King Catholic Primary |
Good |
July 2018 |
| St Bernard's Catholic Primary School |
Good |
April 2018 |
| St George Church of England Primary School |
Good |
December 2018 |
| St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School |
Good |
November 2021 |
| St Michael's on Mount Church of England Primary School |
Good |
March 2019 |
| St Ursula's E-ACT Academy |
Good |
February 2020 |
| St Werburgh's Primary School |
Good |
December 2018 |
| Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School |
Good |
October 2021 |
| Summerhill Academy |
Good |
March 2022 |
| Ventures' Academy |
Good |
June 2019 |
| Victoria Park Primary School |
Good |
January 2022 |
| West Town Lane Academy |
Good |
February 2019 |
| Westbury - On- Trym Church of England Academy |
Good |
February 2020 |
| Woodlands Academy |
Good |
July 2022 |
| Woodstock School |
Good |
March 2019 |
If any schools are missing from the list that had a recent Ofsted rating, please email shashana.brown@reachplc.com
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