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Fair Furlong Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS13 9HS

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 January 2025

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At a glance

454 pupils · 108% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
57.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.fairfurlong.bristol.sch.uk/
URN
109130

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 46 families named it first for 51 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.361 km (≈0.85 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2025. At its inspection on 14 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

51 places offered · 46 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.361 km (≈0.85 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
28%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school28%
Median of its 12 closest peers55%
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
Griffin Primary SchoolHull · 190 miles awayExpected standard60%
Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary SchoolBirmingham · 83 miles awayGood61%
Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordCastleford · 169 miles awayGood30%
Outwood Primary Academy WoodlandsDoncaster · 160 miles awayGood66%
Breadsall Hill Top Primary SchoolDerby · 117 miles awayNeeds attention43%
St Margaret's Primary AcademyLowestoft · 200 miles awayExpected standard51%
Highlands Primary SchoolHull · 191 miles awayOutstanding76%
Oasis Academy Short HeathBirmingham · 84 miles awayGood78%
Mayfield Primary SchoolOldham · 150 miles awayRequires improvement53%
The Rydal AcademyDarlington · 220 miles awayGood46%
Stockton Wood Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 134 miles awayExpected standard57%
Ince CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 147 miles awayGood48%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Bristol, City of 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Bristol, City of 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

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)
8.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
31.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.39 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
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

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)

74.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 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 £48,170; 14.8% 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£8,457
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 10% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £35,526; in-year balance -£161,323

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications32.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.2%62.3%
Social housing39.6%17.1%
Privately rented11.1%20.5%
Detached houses3.7%22.9%
Flats19%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van31%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014596 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£260,000207 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£287,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (76)£277,500
Terraced (101)£255,000
Flat (27)£165,000

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 (1.36 km, 2023 entry): 421 sales, median £264,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
13an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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