Iron Acton Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, South Gloucestershire·BS37 9UZ
Composite score
72.4
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#1,450
National rank
#113
In South West
#5
In South Gloucestershire
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
88%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
14 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
21
any preference, for 15 places

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Iron Acton Church of England Primary School yet. South Gloucestershire 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
105
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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About Iron Acton Church of England Primary School

Iron Acton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 105 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 88% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 38.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 93% of the families who made Iron Acton Church of England Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception 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. Iron Acton Church of England 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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