E-ACT Bristol Academy South
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Bristol, City of
Gatehouse Avenue, Bristol, BS13 9AJ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Inadequate
Graded 19/03/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
84.7%
43.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,018
Capacity used
Has space72%
1,410 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
32 of 32 families who put it first got an offer
32
Places offered
60
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 32 | 32 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 15 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 13 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 60 | 32 | 53% |
Bristol, City of lets families list 3 preferences. 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
- All-through
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Fiona Chapman - Secondary Sarah Flannigan - Primary
- Address
- Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AJ
- Phone
- 01173015000
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward / constituency
- Hartcliffe and Withywood · Bristol South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 151302
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 66% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: E-ACT
1,018 pupils · 1,410 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
19 March 2024
Full graded inspection
Inadequate overall effectivenessSixth form Inadequate Early years Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Quality of education Inadequate Safeguarding effective No Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,081 pupils
Attendance
84.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
15.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
43.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
11.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
7.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 15% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 29.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 17.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 37.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 7.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.44 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 124 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 118 | 6% | 22% | 42% | |
| English Language | 117 | 9% | 31% | 46% | |
| English Literature | 112 | 4% | 28% | 48% | |
| Combined Science | 107 | 3% | 20% | 32% | |
| History | 32 | 6% | 38% | 63% | |
| Art and Design | 31 | 10% | 32% | 48% | |
| Statistics | 27 | 7% | 48% | 70% | |
| Geography | 14 | 7% | 29% | 64% | |
| Spanish | 11 | 9% | 82% | 82% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working 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.