Broomhill Infant & Nursery School

Foundation school·Infant school Bristol, City of·BS4 4UY

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Broomhill Infant & Nursery 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

100%

38 first choices, 39 places

First choices per place

0.97

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 39 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9720221.0020230.9220240.9820250.972026

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

Every child who put Broomhill Infant & Nursery 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).

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

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 198
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

36.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

30.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

18.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

8.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

30.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£9,377

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Broomhill Junior School Bristol · 0.1 mi 34.2 Holymead Primary School Bristol · 0.5 mi 48.6 Wicklea Academy Bristol · 0.6 mi 44.6 E-Act the Kingfisher School Bristol · 0.8 mi 13.6 West Town Lane Academy Bristol · 1.2 mi 38.7 St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Bristol · 1.4 mi 46.5 Air Balloon Hill Primary School Bristol · 1.4 mi 47.2 Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy Bristol · 1.5 mi 30.6

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

About Broomhill Infant & Nursery School

Broomhill Infant & Nursery School is a primary school in Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 198 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Broomhill Infant & Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 39 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.4%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 36% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. 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.