Little Mead Primary Academy

Little Mead Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, Little Mead Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 447 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 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 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Little Mead Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Little Mead Primary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.