Avanti Gardens School

Free schools·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS16 2JP
Composite score
35.1
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#12,326
National rank
#1292
In South West
#72
In Bristol, City of
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
63%
91 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.54
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
162
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.47
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1 per place
0.9320220.9820230.9520241.0720251.542026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Avanti Gardens School yet. Bristol, City of does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
305
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,528
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Avanti Gardens School is a primary school serving Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a free school. It has 305 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Avanti Gardens School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 15.0 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 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Competition for places is real here - 63% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (91 first choices for 59 places). Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. 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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