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Bridge Learning Campus

All-through · Bristol · BS13 0RL

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 January 2026 · report published 3 February 2026

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At a glance

1,202 pupils · 86% of 1,395 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
58% of pupils
English as additional language
18% of pupils
SEN support
23.1% of pupils
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.bridgelearningcampus.org.uk/
URN
139049

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.12 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 65 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

83 places offered · 78 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

133 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
34.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
23.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

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

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
34.3%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 11% 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.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,625
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
83%
Continuing in education
73%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
5%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

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

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