May Park Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS5 6LE
Composite score
43.7
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#9,622
National rank
#975
In South West
#52
In Bristol, City of
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
46 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
110
any preference, for 52 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put May 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
468
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
41.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
32.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,874
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

May Park Primary School at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, May Park Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 468 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 16.0 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 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). May Park Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 46 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.9%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering May Park Primary School, 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.

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