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Elmlea Junior School

Primary · Bristol · BS9 3UF

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 March 2025

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At a glance

353 pupils · 98% of 360 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
4% of pupils
English as additional language
11% of pupils
SEN support
12.9% of pupils
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils
Website
https://elmleaschools.org.uk/
URN
136830

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers79%
Bristol, City of average59.5%
England62%

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

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Lowbrook AcademyMaidenhead · 80 miles awayGood100%
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyLeeds · 169 miles awayGood87%
Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBrentwood · 127 miles awayOutstanding93%
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 132 miles awayGood77%
Rush Common SchoolAbingdon · 60 miles awayExpected standard78%
Hursthead Junior SchoolCheadle · 131 miles awayGood76%
Grange Farm Primary SchoolCoventry · 78 miles awayGood76%
High Beeches Primary SchoolHarpenden · 101 miles awayOutstanding80%
Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLeeds · 169 miles awayGood82%
Burton Joyce Primary SchoolNottingham · 124 miles awayNo current grade51%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 36 miles awayGood59%
Tranmere Park Primary SchoolLeeds · 169 miles awayGood88%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.8%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 15% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work55.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.5%62.3%
Social housing16.2%17.1%
Privately rented7.3%20.5%
Detached houses27.7%22.9%
Flats30.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.6%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01014717 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,335 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£750,000375 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£940,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (78)£947,500
Semi-detached (132)£825,000
Terraced (72)£671,000
Flat (93)£325,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
6an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
13an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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