Horfield Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS10 5BD
Composite score
45.6
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National rank
#898
In South West
#42
In Bristol, City of
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
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
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
31 first choices, 35 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 35 places

Every child who put Horfield Church of England 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
380
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
21.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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Location

Horfield Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, Horfield Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 380 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% 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 2.0 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 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Horfield Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 31 families who put it first were offered a place. If you are considering Horfield Church of England 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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