St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS7 8HP
Composite score
56.4
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#5,008
National rank
#453
In South West
#20
In Bristol, City of
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
60 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
119
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
4%

Every child who put St Bonaventure's Catholic 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
403
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,514
Typical primary: £6,960

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School overview

St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 403 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 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 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 60 families who put it first were offered a place. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Bonaventure's Catholic 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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