School admissions in Bristol, City of

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 70 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

96 schools. 20 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Avanti Gardens SchoolBristol	1.54	59	0.776 km (≈0.48 mi) 2026
Westbury Park SchoolBristol	1.49	59	0.691 km (≈0.43 mi) 2026
Brentry Primary SchoolBristol	1.48	29	0.72 km (≈0.45 mi) 2026
Westbury-On-Trym Church of England AcademyBristol	1.45	60	1.051 km (≈0.65 mi) 2026
Whitehall Primary SchoolBristol	1.43	90	0.528 km (≈0.33 mi) 2026
St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBristol	1.37	30	not published
Victoria Park Primary SchoolBristol	1.34	58	0.474 km (≈0.29 mi) 2026
Oasis Academy Marksbury RoadBedminster	1.33	30	1.11 km (≈0.69 mi) 2026
Hillcrest Primary SchoolBristol	1.27	60	0.631 km (≈0.39 mi) 2026
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol	1.27	30	not published
Two Mile Hill Primary SchoolBristol	1.20	60	1.017 km (≈0.63 mi) 2026
Elmlea Infant SchoolBristol	1.19	90	1.366 km (≈0.85 mi) 2026
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, BristolBristol	1.17	30	not published
Bridge Learning CampusBristol	1.12	58	0.637 km (≈0.40 mi) 2026
Cheddar Grove Primary SchoolBristol	1.08	59	1.636 km (≈1.02 mi) 2026
Ashton Gate Primary SchoolBristol	1.07	90	1.833 km (≈1.14 mi) 2026
St Anne's Infant SchoolBristol	1.05	59	0.926 km (≈0.58 mi) 2026
Summerhill Infant SchoolBristol	1.05	59	0.712 km (≈0.44 mi) 2026
Brunel Field Primary SchoolBristol	1.03	59	1.379 km (≈0.86 mi) 2026
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolBristol	1.02	59	859 m (≈0.53 mi) 2020
Cabot Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	28	not published
Cotham Gardens Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	22	not published
E-ACT Bristol Academy SouthBristol	1.00	32	not published
E-ACT Ilminster Avenue AcademyBristol	1.00	28	not published
E-ACT the Kingfisher SchoolBristol	1.00	10	not published
Frome Vale AcademyBristol	1.00	29	0.964 km (≈0.60 mi) 2026
Holy Cross RC Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	10	not published
Luckwell Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	17	not published
Nova Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	9	not published
Oasis Academy New OakBristol	1.00	28	1.71 km (≈1.06 mi) 2026
School of Christ The King Catholic PrimaryBristol	1.00	25	not published
Sefton Park Infant SchoolBristol	1.00	58	1.601 km (≈0.99 mi) 2025
Shirehampton Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	44	1.36 km (≈0.85 mi) 2023
St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	60	not published
St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary SchoolBristol	1.00	14	not published
Woodlands AcademyBristol	1.00	15	not published
Air Balloon Hill Primary SchoolBristol	0.99	89	0.897 km (≈0.56 mi) 2026
West Town Lane AcademyBristol	0.99	75	1.174 km (≈0.73 mi) 2023
Easton CofE Primary SchoolBristol	0.97	40	666 m (≈0.41 mi) 2020
Waycroft AcademyBristol	0.97	40	0.987 km (≈0.61 mi) 2021
Broomhill Infant & Nursery SchoolBristol	0.97	39	not published
Filton Avenue Primary SchoolBristol	0.97	61	not published
Bishop Road Primary SchoolBristol	0.97	90	2.594 km (≈1.61 mi) 2026
Southville Primary SchoolBristol	0.97	90	1.881 km (≈1.17 mi) 2026
Oasis Academy Long CrossBristol	0.96	55	not published
Four Acres AcademyBristol	0.96	52	not published
E-ACT Bannerman Road Community AcademyBristol	0.96	50	not published
Oasis Academy ConnaughtBristol	0.96	25	not published
Stoke Park Primary SchoolBristol	0.96	24	0.848 km (≈0.53 mi) 2024
Hannah More Primary SchoolBristol	0.95	22	0.451 km (≈0.28 mi) 2021
E-ACT Perry Court AcademyHengrove	0.95	63	not published
Headley Park Primary SchoolBristol	0.95	41	1.202 km (≈0.75 mi) 2023
E-ACT Fairlawn Primary SchoolMontpelier	0.95	39	0.801 km (≈0.50 mi) 2023
St Werburgh's Primary SchoolBristol	0.95	57	1.121 km (≈0.70 mi) 2025
Ashton Vale Primary SchoolBristol	0.94	18	0.478539 km (≈0.30 mi) 2020
Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and NurseryBristol	0.94	18	1.375 km (≈0.85 mi) 2024
Cathedral Primary SchoolBristol	0.94	54	not published
Compass Point Primary SchoolBristol	0.94	18	not published
Upper Horfield Primary SchoolBristol	0.94	18	0.905 km (≈0.56 mi) 2023
St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC)Bristol	0.94	53	1.166 km (≈0.72 mi) 2024
E-ACT Badock's Wood AcademyBristol	0.94	16	not published
Ashley Down Primary SchoolBristol	0.94	47	0.556 km (≈0.35 mi) 2023
Bridge Farm Primary SchoolBristol	0.93	74	2.04 km (≈1.27 mi) 2023
Parson Street Primary SchoolBristol	0.93	27	not published
Oasis Academy Bank LeazeBristol	0.92	26	1.804 km (≈1.12 mi) 2020
E-ACT Greenfield Primary AcademyBristol	0.92	38	not published
Henleaze Infant SchoolBristol	0.92	60	2.248 km (≈1.40 mi) 2026
Hotwells Primary SchoolBristol	0.92	12	not published
Begbrook Primary AcademyBristol	0.91	47	not published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol	0.91	23	not published
St Johns Church of England Primary School, CliftonBristol	0.90	72	2.774 km (≈1.72 mi) 2025
Fair Furlong Primary SchoolBristol	0.90	51	1.361 km (≈0.85 mi) 2023
Knowle Park Primary SchoolBristol	0.90	90	1.914 km (≈1.19 mi) 2026
Glenfrome Primary SchoolBristol	0.90	59	1.869 km (≈1.16 mi) 2026
Holymead Primary SchoolBristol	0.90	88	0.836 km (≈0.52 mi) 2024
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol	0.89	18	not published
Henbury Court Primary AcademyBristol	0.89	44	not published
Horfield Church of England Primary SchoolBristol	0.89	35	1.387 km (≈0.86 mi) 2022
May Park Primary SchoolBristol	0.88	52	not published
St Bernard's Catholic Primary SchoolBRISTOL	0.88	26	not published
Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary SchoolBristol	0.88	16	not published
Evergreen Primary AcademyBristol	0.86	21	not published
E-ACT Hareclive AcademyBristol	0.85	41	not published
Fishponds CofE Primary SchoolBristol	0.84	38	not published
Blaise Primary and Nursery SchoolBristol	0.84	49	1.836 km (≈1.14 mi) 2025
Fonthill Primary AcademyBristol	0.83	30	2.218 km (≈1.38 mi) 2026
Little Mead Primary AcademyBristol	0.83	47	993 m (≈0.62 mi) 2020
E-Act Barton Hill AcademyBristol	0.82	28	not published
Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary SchoolBristol	0.81	58	3.124 km (≈1.94 mi) 2026
Sea Mills Primary School and NurseryBristol	0.81	26	3.668 km (≈2.28 mi) 2024
Minerva Primary AcademyBristol	0.81	36	not published
Wansdyke Primary SchoolBristol	0.79	24	1.467 km (≈0.91 mi) 2025
Chester Park Infant SchoolBristol	0.78	77	1.187 km (≈0.74 mi) 2023
St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary SchoolBristol	0.78	45	0.764 km (≈0.47 mi) 2021
E-ACT St Ursula's AcademyBristol	0.70	56	2.805 km (≈1.74 mi) 2020
Redfield Educate Together Primary AcademyBristol	0.62	47	0.977 km (≈0.61 mi) 2023

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

24 schools. 10 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolBristol	1.52	141	not published
Redland Green SchoolBristol	1.50	225	not published
Bristol Free SchoolBristol	1.38	218	not published
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple SchoolBristol	1.34	207	not published
Trinity AcademyBristol	1.25	170	not published
St Bede's Catholic CollegeBristol	1.23	204	not published
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary SchoolBristol	1.21	141	0.892 km (≈0.55 mi) 2026
Ashton Park SchoolBristol	1.19	213	1.704 km (≈1.06 mi) 2025
Bristol Metropolitan AcademyBristol	1.13	205	1.13 km (≈0.70 mi) 2020
Bristol Brunel AcademyBristol	1.10	226	1.761 km (≈1.09 mi) 2021
E-ACT Montpelier High SchoolBristol	0.94	145	not published
Bridge Learning CampusBristol	0.94	83	1.688 km (≈1.05 mi) 2025
Oasis Academy BrislingtonBristol	0.91	224	2.263 km (≈1.41 mi) 2024
E-ACT Bristol Academy SouthBristol	0.91	123	not published
Oasis Academy John WilliamsBristol	0.86	177	2.258 km (≈1.40 mi) 2024
Oasis Academy Temple QuarterBristol	0.86	119	2.147 km (≈1.33 mi) 2026
Oasis Academy Daventry RoadBristol	0.84	135	not published
Oasis Academy BrightstoweBristol	0.79	107	not published
Bedminster Down SchoolBristol	0.77	203	2.544 km (≈1.58 mi) 2025
The City Academy BristolBristol	0.73	174	not published
Fairfield High SchoolBristol	0.73	204	1.1202 km (≈0.70 mi) 2024
Orchard School BristolBristol	0.69	175	4.046 km (≈2.51 mi) 2024
Cotham SchoolBristol	0.65	247	6.22 km (≈3.86 mi) 2026
Blaise High SchoolBristol	0.64	176	not published