E-Act Fairlawn Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Montpelier, Bristol, City of·BS6 5JL
Composite score
53.6
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#5,973
National rank
#562
In South West
#23
In Bristol, City of
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
80
any preference, for 39 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
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1 per place
1.3820220.9720231.6920240.8120250.952026

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

Every child who put E-Act Fairlawn Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
229
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,210
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

E-Act Fairlawn Primary School is a primary school serving Montpelier, Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 229 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made E-Act Fairlawn Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 39 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. E-Act Fairlawn Primary School 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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