Sefton Park Infant School

Community school·Infant school Bristol, City of·BS7 9BJ

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Sefton Park Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

98%

58 first choices, 58 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

143

any preference, for 58 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0820221.0520230.9020240.9720251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Sefton Park Infant School yet. Bristol, City of does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 213
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

7.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

9.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

14.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

27.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,246

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Sefton Park Junior School Bristol · 0.0 mi 44.3 E-Act Fairlawn Primary School Montpelier · 0.3 mi 53.6 Brunel Field Primary School Bristol · 0.4 mi 56.0 St Werburgh's Primary School Bristol · 0.5 mi 45.7 Bishop Road Primary School Bristol · 0.6 mi 82.7 Ashley Down Primary School Bristol · 0.6 mi 38.4 St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School Bristol · 0.6 mi 56.4 Evergreen Primary Academy Bristol · 0.7 mi 63.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Sefton Park Infant School at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, Sefton Park Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 213 pupils aged 3 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

98% of the families who made Sefton Park Infant School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 27.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.