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Bristol Metropolitan Academy

Bristol, BS16 2HD · Bristol, City of · secondary school

Ofsted: Good · 2026 Inspected this year Mixed Secondary
5.7/10 Broadly average

9th of 22 secondary schools in Bristol, City of we can score, 24 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 7.5/10 against 781 of them, against 5.9/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 39.5 · 39 30% 1.17
Progress 8 2023/24 0.54 · 85 25% 2.13
Attainment 8 2024/25 46.9 · 57 10% 0.57

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted following an inspection in May 2026. In 2024/25, 39.5% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 46.9, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.54 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (7.5 out of 10 against similar schools, 5.9 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. There are 1096 pupils in a school with 945 places, meaning it is over capacity by 151. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the transition for new students when it is significantly over capacity? What specific support is available for pupils aiming to raise their Attainment 8 scores? How does the school maintain its Good rating while managing a pupil population that exceeds its designated places?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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