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St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Gifford

Primary · Bristol · BS34 8SG

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 8 October 2026

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At a glance

638 pupils · 99% of 642 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
12.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stmichaelssg.co.uk/
URN
109228

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 93 families named it first for 88 Reception places, 1.06 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.691 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2025. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.06 first-choice applications per place

88 places offered · 93 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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 0.691 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 0.691 miles

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
South Gloucestershire average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Ashley Church of England Primary SchoolWalton-on-Thames · 92 miles awayGood64%
Holymead Primary SchoolBristol · 6 miles awayGood55%
Bridgewater Primary SchoolNorthampton · 88 miles awayGood73%
Oswald Road Primary SchoolManchester · 134 miles awayGood67%
Moulsham Junior SchoolChelmsford · 130 miles awayGood67%
Meadow Primary SchoolEpsom · 100 miles awayGood72%
Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery SchoolSurbiton · 98 miles awayExpected standard73%
Boxgrove Primary SchoolGuildford · 88 miles awayGood66%
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolTwickenham · 95 miles awayOutstanding89%
Smitham Primary SchoolCoulsdon · 104 miles awayGood62%
Stivichall Primary SchoolCoventry · 74 miles awayExpected standard80%
Berry Hill Primary SchoolMansfield · 126 miles awayGood53%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (South Gloucestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (South Gloucestershire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 5% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 5% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (South Gloucestershire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 3% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.11 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · South Gloucestershire: 3.09 suspensions and 0.04 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
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% 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)

82.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 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 £49,317; 7.1% 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£6,427
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£92,720; in-year balance -£97,897

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health48%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.1%62.3%
Social housing0.5%17.1%
Privately rented18.4%20.5%
Detached houses35.5%22.9%
Flats2.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014979 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£376,000411 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£294,000–£470,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (172)£487,500
Semi-detached (97)£375,000
Terraced (120)£286,000
Flat (22)£214,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.11 km, 2025 entry): 536 sales, median £380,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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