The City Academy Bristol
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Bristol, City of
Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH
54
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
87.6%
40.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
977
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
975 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
124 of 124 families who put it first got an offer
206
Places offered
244
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 124 | 124 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 59 | 11 | ● 19% |
| 3rd preference | 61 | 12 | ● 20% |
| Total | 244 | 147 | 60% |
1st preference success by year
Bristol, City of lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Ben Tucker
- Address
- Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH
- Phone
- 01179413800
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward / constituency
- Easton · Bristol East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144509
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 32% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
977 pupils · 975 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
27 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,024 pupils
Attendance
87.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
12.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
40.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 37.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.07 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 26% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.18 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 51.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 25.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 174 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 173 | 10% | 33% | 55% | |
| Mathematics | 172 | 13% | 40% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 157 | 8% | 42% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 151 | 3% | 18% | 43% | |
| History | 110 | 7% | 16% | 35% | |
| Business | 87 | 1% | 22% | 38% | |
| Religious Studies | 82 | 15% | 39% | 54% | |
| Art and Design | 60 | 8% | 28% | 58% | |
| Geography | 52 | 23% | 44% | 54% | |
| Spanish | 42 | 17% | 21% | 36% | |
| Computer Science | 39 | 18% | 49% | 56% | |
| Social Studies | 23 | 13% | 43% | 52% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bristol, City of council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.