Headley Park Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS13 7QB
Composite score
52.1
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#6,489
National rank
#615
In South West
#24
In Bristol, City of
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
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, 41 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 41 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0220231.0020240.9820250.952026

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

Every child who put Headley Park 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
430
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,255
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Headley Park Primary School at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, Headley Park Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 430 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 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 top 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Headley Park Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. Headley Park 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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