Mangotsfield School
Secondary · Bristol · BS16 9LH
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 9 June 2026 · report published 7 July 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,191 pupils · 99% of 1,200 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 14.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 142008
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 176 families named it first for 207 Year 7 places, 0.85 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2024 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 9 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.85 first-choice applications per place207 places offered · 176 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Cutoff by admission criterion (2024 entry)
- Living within the consortium area
- 1.306 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Bristol school admissions · South Gloucestershire school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
207 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, 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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| The Wellington Academy | 42.1 | |
| The Newark Academy | 45.4 | |
| Ash Manor School | 49.7 | |
| Alec Hunter Academy | 45.7 | |
| Priestlands School | 48.8 | |
| The Littlehampton Academy | 37.2 | |
| Downham Market Academy | 43.8 | |
| Penrice Academy | 50.9 | |
| North Bromsgrove High School | 45.8 | |
| The Eastwood Academy | 51.6 | |
| Barclay Academy | 49.5 | |
| Sir Harry Smith Community College | 40.6 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 79% (South Gloucestershire 74%, England 59%) · Any other White background 5% (South Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (South Gloucestershire 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (South Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (South Gloucestershire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (South Gloucestershire 0%, 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
25.56 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · South Gloucestershire: 25.00 suspensions and 0.13 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
72.7% 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 £55,224; 15.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£5,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 9 June 2026: Needs attention
- 1 March 2022: Good
- 20 March 2018: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 10.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 43.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 54.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 75.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 6.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 18.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 31.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 21.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 36.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033338 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £335,500320 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £275,000–£404,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 2an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an 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