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Henleaze Infant School

Primary · Bristol · BS9 4LG

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 September 2022

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At a glance

179 pupils · 85% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
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Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
3.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.henleaze-inf.bristol.sch.uk
URN
150940

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 55 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.248 km (≈1.40 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 September 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 55 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 2.248 km (≈1.40 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.248 km (≈1.40 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Bristol, City of 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Bristol, City of 4%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 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)
2.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.54 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

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
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

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)

84.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.7 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 £52,146; 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£7,657
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 9% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 9% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£199,000; in-year balance -£89,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

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
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher64.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work59.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.2%62.3%
Social housing1.8%17.1%
Privately rented8%20.5%
Detached houses34.8%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms55.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014615 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£685,000639 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£492,000–£853,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (88)£835,000
Semi-detached (186)£810,000
Terraced (238)£668,500
Flat (127)£318,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.25 km, 2026 entry): 3,197 sales, median £477,500. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an 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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