Whitehall Primary School

Community school·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS5 9AT
Composite score
38.5
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National rank
#1179
In South West
#62
In Bristol, City of
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
70%
129 first choices, 90 places
First choices per place
1.43
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
232
any preference, for 90 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5820221.6020231.3520241.3920251.432026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Whitehall Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
620
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,207
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Whitehall Primary School is a primary school serving Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 620 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Whitehall Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half 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). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 70% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (129 first choices for 90 places). Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 24.1 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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