Waycroft Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS14 8PS
Composite score
31.2
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#13,174
National rank
#1399
In South West
#78
In Bristol, City of
Top 89%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
48%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
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
100%
39 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
61
any preference, for 40 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9820241.0020250.972026

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

Every child who put Waycroft Academy 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
438
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,577
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Waycroft Academy is a primary school serving Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 438 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Waycroft Academy 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 17.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard 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 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Waycroft Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 26.9 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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