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Luckwell Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS3 3ET

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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

86 pupils · 41% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
27.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.luckwell.bristol.sch.uk/
URN
145399

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. 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 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 17 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
27%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school27%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
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
Dundry Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 3 miles awayGood53%
Micklefield Church of England Primary AcademyLeeds · 172 miles awayGood17%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BrindlePreston · 158 miles awayGood (2015)80%
Roxwell Church of England Primary SchoolChelmsford · 130 miles awayGood82%
Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary SchoolBakewell · 126 miles awayGood25%
Langenhoe Community Primary SchoolColchester · 153 miles awayGood78%
Mersham Primary SchoolAshford · 155 miles awayNeeds attention52%
Salterforth Primary SchoolBarnoldswick · 172 miles awayGood62%
Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThirsk · 194 miles awayGood64%
Longford CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne · 111 miles awayGood100%
Cudham Church of England Primary SchoolWesterham · 115 miles awayGood75%
Seagrave Village Primary SchoolLoughborough · 112 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Bristol, City of 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Bristol, City of 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
15.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.7 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 £49,046; 16.7% 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 (2024-25)

This school£10,513
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£50,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work53.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70%62.3%
Social housing3.4%17.1%
Privately rented26.6%20.5%
Detached houses1%22.9%
Flats13.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014504 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£400,0001,128 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£299,000–£475,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£447,000
Semi-detached (126)£490,000
Terraced (681)£435,000
Flat (311)£249,000

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
46an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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