E-Act Montpelier High School

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Bristol, City of·BS6 5RD
Composite score
71.6
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#341
National rank
#24
In South West
#2
In Bristol, City of
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
57.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
61%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
80%
% EBacc grade 5+
28%
EBacc average points score
5.14

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
No
Sixth form provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
137 first choices, 145 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
343
any preference, for 145 places
Applications from another council area
9%

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for E-Act Montpelier High 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
851
Gender
Girls

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
37.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,955
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

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Location

School overview

E-Act Montpelier High School is a girls' secondary school serving Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 851 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated E-Act Montpelier High School 'Inadequate'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 57.3 — well above the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of secondary schools in England.

61% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 80% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 90% of the families who made E-Act Montpelier High School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering E-Act Montpelier High 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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