St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS3 4DP
Composite score
21.8
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#14,309
National rank
#1547
In South West
#91
In Bristol, City of
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
30%
% 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
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
35 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
120
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.8820230.9720240.9220250.782026

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

Every child who put St Mary Redcliffe Church of England 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
398
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£1,672
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 398 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Good' in January 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 30% 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 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). St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 35 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. 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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