West Town Lane Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS4 5DT
Composite score
38.7
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#11,347
National rank
#1169
In South West
#61
In Bristol, City of
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
74 first choices, 75 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
168
any preference, for 75 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0720230.9420240.9920250.992026

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

Every child who put West Town Lane 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
641
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,086
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About West Town Lane Academy

West Town Lane Academy is a primary school in Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 641 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 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 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). West Town Lane Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 74 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. West Town Lane Academy 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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