Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Bristol, City of·BS9 2HL
Composite score
35.9
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#12,177
National rank
#1276
In South West
#70
In Bristol, City of
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
48%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
2%

Every child who put Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
240
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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About Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery

Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Bristol, City of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 240 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 48.0 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 103 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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