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Hannah More Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS2 0LT

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 May 2025

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At a glance

206 pupils · 86% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
49.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
74.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hannahmore.org.uk
URN
109110

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 0.451 km (≈0.28 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2021. At its inspection on 7 May 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.451 km (≈0.28 mi) for 2021 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry) lived within 0.451 km (≈0.28 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
32%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school32%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Bristol, City of average59.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 106 miles awayGood97%
St James CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 110 miles awayGood63%
St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 110 miles awayStrong standard60%
Avondale Park Primary SchoolLondon · 102 miles awayGood76%
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolLondon · 103 miles awayGood52%
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 135 miles awayGood33%
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary AcademyLondon · 108 miles awayExpected standard59%
Pearson Primary SchoolHull · 184 miles awayGood53%
Carterhatch Junior SchoolEnfield · 109 miles awayNo current grade71%
Stratford Manor Primary School & NurseryLondon · 111 miles awayGood73%
Avonmore Primary SchoolLondon · 102 miles awayOutstanding76%
Garfield Primary SchoolLondon · 106 miles awayGood54%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 52% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 5% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 4% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Bristol, City of 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · White British 2% (Bristol, City of 56%, England 60%) · Not recorded 1% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
29.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bristol, City of: 2.66 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 23% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

31.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £39,626; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,041
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£399,652; in-year balance -£5,608

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher64.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier28.7%62.3%
Social housing17.2%17.1%
Privately rented53.8%20.5%
Detached houses1.4%22.9%
Flats84.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms1.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van45.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033352 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,000359 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£210,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (38)£340,000
Flat (317)£242,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.45 km, 2021 entry): 154 sales, median £245,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
108an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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