Holymead Primary School

Community school·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS4 4LE
Composite score
48.6
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#7,816
National rank
#773
In South West
#32
In Bristol, City of
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
79 first choices, 88 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
182
any preference, for 88 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9420231.1420240.9520250.902026

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

Every child who put Holymead Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
602
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,563
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Holymead Primary School at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, Holymead Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 602 pupils aged 4 to 11. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Holymead Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 88 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Holymead Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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