E-Act Merchants' Academy

E-Act Merchants' Academy at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, E-Act Merchants' Academy is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,070 pupils aged 3 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 15% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 29.5, well below the national average of 46. On our composite score, E-Act Merchants' Academy ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 96 in reading and 93 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). At Key Stage 4, 18% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. E-Act Merchants' Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 32 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 67% 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. If you are considering E-Act Merchants' Academy, 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.