E-ACT Bristol Academy South
All-through · Bristol · BS13 9AJ
Data updated
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.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 19 March 2024. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 19 March 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,018 pupils · 72% of 1,410 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 65.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 14.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 23% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151302
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 112 families named it first for 123 Year 7 places, 0.91 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 19 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 15.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place32 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place123 places offered · 112 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Bristol school admissions · Bristol, City of school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
54 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
124 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.
A-level results (2024/2025)
no pupils entered
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 75% (Bristol, City of 55%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Black African 5% (Bristol, City of 9%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%
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)
84.67 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bristol, City of: 37.41 suspensions and 0.12 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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 12% 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)
76.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.1 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 £55,240; 23.3% 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 all-through schools in brackets: Staff 63% (78%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 23% (9%) · educational supplies 15% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 3% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,639,000
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)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 17.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 28.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 12.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 37.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 33.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 56.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 9.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 36.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 5.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 35.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014594 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £270,000320 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £230,000–£325,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper 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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 26an 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
Nearby schools
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