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160 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Bristol, City of has 151 state schools: 102 primary, 22 secondary, 2 all-through, 12 nursery. Between them they teach around 62,165 pupils. 112 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.3 out of 10, and 8 score 8 or above.

25 have a sixth form. 59 take children from age three or under. 27 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Bristol 304 schools Chippenham 30 schools
Air Balloon Hill Primary School Bristol · Good Ashley Down Primary School Bristol · Good Ashton Gate Primary School Bristol · Outstanding Ashton Park School Bristol · Good Ashton Vale Primary School Bristol · Not judged Avanti Gardens School Bristol · Good Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and Nursery Bristol · Good Badminton School Bristol Badocks Wood E-ACT Academy Bristol · Good Bedminster Down School Bristol · Not judged Begbrook Primary Academy Bristol · Good Bishop Road Primary School Bristol · Outstanding Blaise High School Bristol · Good Blaise Primary and Nursery School Bristol · Not judged Brentry Primary School Bristol · Good Briarwood School Bristol · Not judged Bridge Farm Primary School Bristol · Good Bridge Learning Campus Bristol · Good Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol · Good Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol · Good Bristol Free School Bristol · Good Bristol Grammar School Bristol Bristol Metropolitan Academy Bristol · Good Broomhill Infant & Nursery School Bristol · Good Broomhill Junior School Bristol · Good Brunel Field Primary School Bristol · Good Cabot Primary School Bristol · Good Cathedral Primary School Bristol · Not judged Cheddar Grove Primary School Bristol · Good Chester Park Infant School Bristol · Good Chester Park Junior School Bristol · Good Christ Church Church of England Primary School Bristol · Outstanding City of Bristol College Bristol · Good Claremont School Bristol · Good Cleve House School Bristol Clifton College Bristol Clifton High School Collegiate School Compass Point Primary School Bristol · Good Cotham Gardens Primary School Bristol · Not judged Cotham School Bristol · Good E-Act Bannerman Road Community Academy Bristol · Good E-Act Barton Hill Academy Bristol · Requires improvement E-Act Fairlawn Primary School Montpelier · Good E-Act Merchants' Academy Bristol · Inadequate E-Act Montpelier High School Bristol · Inadequate E-Act St Ursula's Academy Bristol · Good E-Act Venturers' Academy Bristol · Requires improvement E-Act the Kingfisher School Bristol · Good Easton CofE Primary School Bristol · Not judged Elmfield School for Deaf Children Bristol · Good Elmlea Infant School Bristol · Outstanding Elmlea Junior School Bristol · Not judged Evergreen Primary Academy Bristol · Good Fair Furlong Primary School Bristol · Not judged Fairfield High School Bristol · Good Filton Avenue Nursery School Bristol · Outstanding Filton Avenue Primary School Bristol · Good Fishponds CofE Primary School Bristol · Good Fonthill Primary Academy Bristol · Good Four Acres Academy Bristol · Good Frome Vale Academy Bristol · Outstanding Glenfrome Primary School Bristol · Good Greenfield E-ACT Primary Academy Bristol · Not judged Hannah More Primary School Bristol · Not judged Hareclive E-ACT Academy Bristol · Outstanding Hartcliffe Nursery School and Children's Centre Bristol · Not judged Headley Park Primary School Bristol · Not judged Henbury Court Primary Academy Bristol · Not judged Henleaze Infant School Bristol · Good Henleaze Junior School Bristol · Requires improvement Hillcrest Primary School Bristol · Good Holy Cross RC Primary School Bristol · Good Holymead Primary School Bristol · Good Horfield Church of England Primary School Bristol · Requires improvement Hotwells Primary School Bristol · Good Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy Bristol · Not judged Ilminster Avenue Nursery School Bristol · Good Kingsweston School Bristol · Good Knowle DGE Academy Bristol · Good Knowle Park Primary School Bristol · Good Knowle West Early Years Centre Bristol · Good LPW Independent School Bristol · Outstanding Little Hayes Nursery School Bristol · Requires improvement Little Mead Primary Academy Bristol · Requires improvement Luckwell Primary School Bristol · Not judged May Park Primary School Bristol · Requires improvement Minerva Primary Academy Bristol · Good New Fosseway School Bristol · Good North Star 240° Bristol · Good North Star 82° Bristol · Good Notton House Academy Chippenham · Good Nova Primary School Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Bank Leaze Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Brightstowe Bristol · Not judged Oasis Academy Brislington Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Connaught Bristol · Not judged Oasis Academy Daventry Road Bristol Oasis Academy John Williams Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Long Cross Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Marksbury Road Bedminster · Outstanding Oasis Academy New Oak Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Temple Quarter Bristol Orchard School Bristol Bristol · Good Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Bristol Bristol · Good Parson Street Primary School Bristol · Good Perry Court E-ACT Academy Hengrove · Good Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Bristol Redcliffe Childrens Centre and Maintained Nursery School Bristol · Outstanding Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy Bristol · Requires improvement Redland Green School Bristol · Good Redmaids' High School Bristol Rosemary Nursery School and Children's Centre Bristol · Good School of Christ The King Catholic Primary Bristol · Good Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery Bristol · Good Sefton Park Infant School Bristol · Good Sefton Park Junior School Bristol · Good Shirehampton Primary School Bristol · Good Soundwell Academy Kingswood · Good Southville Primary School Bristol · Good Speedwell Nursery School Bristol · Not judged Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School Bristol · Good St Anne's Infant School Bristol · Good St Bede's Catholic College Bristol · Good St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Bristol · Good St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Bristol · Good St Bernard's Catholic Primary School BRISTOL · Good St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School Bristol · Good St Brendan's Sixth Form College Bristol · Good St Johns Church of England Primary School, Clifton Bristol · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Bristol · Good St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Bristol · Not judged St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School Bristol · Inadequate St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Bristol · Good St Pauls Nursery School & Children's Centre Bristol · Outstanding St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC) Bristol · Good St Philips Marsh Nursery School and Barton Hill Childrens Centre/Cashmore Early Years Centre Bristol · Good St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Bristol · Good St Werburgh's Primary School Bristol · Good St Werburghs Park Nursery School Bristol · Good Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good Stoke Park Primary School Bristol · Good Summerhill Academy Bristol · Good Summerhill Infant School Bristol · Good The City Academy Bristol Bristol · Good The Limes Nursery School Bristol · Good Trinity Academy Bristol · Good Two Mile Hill Primary School Bristol · Requires improvement Upper Horfield Primary School Bristol · Requires improvement Victoria Park Primary School Bristol · Good Wansdyke Primary School Bristol · Good Waycroft Academy Bristol · Good West Town Lane Academy Bristol · Good Westbury Park School Bristol · Not judged Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy Bristol · Good Whitehall Primary School Bristol · Good Wicklea Academy Bristol · Requires improvement Willow Park CofE Primary School Bristol Woodlands Academy Bristol · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Blaise High School Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cotham School Good · ×0.65 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Orchard School Bristol Good · ×0.69 1st prefs/place (2026/27) E-Act St Ursula's Academy Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Fairfield High School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The City Academy Bristol Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chester Park Infant School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wansdyke Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Minerva Primary Academy Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Bristol, City of

Primary schools: Bristol is known for NOT using a fixed catchment map — instead an informal 'distance radius' that varies year to year based on demand is sometimes loosely called a catchment; official documents did not confirm a defined boundary mechanism (lower confidence than other rows — worth re-verifying). (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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