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E-Act Merchants' Academy

All-through · Bristol · BS13 9AJ

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Inadequate

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: InadequateBehaviour & attitudes: InadequatePersonal development: InadequateLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: No

Inspected 19 March 2024

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At a glance

1,018 pupils · 72% of 1,410 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–18
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
65.8% of pupils
English as additional language
14.5% of pupils
SEN support
23% of pupils
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.merchantsacademy.org/
URN
151302

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

0.91 first-choice applications per place

123 places offered · 112 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
15%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
96
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
93
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
29.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
17.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.4
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) NE

no pupils entered

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)
14.7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
41.5%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20
England 18.5

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

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£10,136
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.

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