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

Bristol, City of has 152 state schools: 102 primary, 22 secondary, 2 all-through, 12 nursery. Between them they teach around 62,712 pupils. 112 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.3 out of 10, and 8 score 8 or above.

26 have a sixth form. 58 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.

Good or better
94
of 105 rated
Average score
4.3
out of 10

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) Wansdyke Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Minerva Primary Academy Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery 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.

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 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 Boomsatsuma Create Agency Bristol Brentry Primary School Bristol Briarwood School Bristol · Not judged Bridge Farm Primary School Bristol · Good Bridge Learning Campus Bristol Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol · Good Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol · Good Bristol Free School Bristol Bristol Grammar School Bristol Bristol Metropolitan Academy Bristol Broomhill Infant & Nursery School Bristol · Good Broomhill Junior School Bristol 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 Badock's Wood Academy Bristol · Good E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy Bristol · Good E-ACT Bristol Academy South Bristol · Inadequate E-ACT Fairlawn Primary School Montpelier · Good E-ACT Greenfield Primary Academy Bristol · Not judged E-ACT Hareclive Academy Bristol · Outstanding E-ACT Ilminster Avenue Academy Bristol · Not judged E-ACT Montpelier High School Bristol · Inadequate E-ACT Perry Court Academy Hengrove E-ACT St Ursula's Academy Bristol · Good E-ACT Venturers' Academy Bristol · Requires improvement E-ACT the Kingfisher School Bristol · Good E-Act Barton Hill Academy Bristol · Requires improvement 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 Glenfrome Primary School Bristol Hannah More Primary School Bristol · Not judged 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 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 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 Little Mead Primary Academy Bristol 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 Nova Primary School Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Bank Leaze Bristol Oasis Academy Brightstowe Bristol · Not judged Oasis Academy Brislington Bristol Oasis Academy Connaught Bristol · Not judged Oasis Academy Daventry Road Bristol Oasis Academy John Williams Bristol · Good Oasis Academy Long Cross Bristol 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 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 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 St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Bristol · Not judged St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School Bristol 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 Stoke Park Primary School Bristol · Good Summerhill Academy Bristol 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 Victoria Park Primary School Bristol 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 · Inadequate Woodlands Academy Bristol · Good

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Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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