E-ACT Montpelier High School
Secondary · Bristol · BS6 5RD
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, serious weaknesses, at the inspection of 23 March 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 23 March 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
859 pupils · 93% of 925 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 37.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- www.montpschool.org
- URN
- 151303
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 137 families named it first for 145 Year 7 places, 0.94 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 23 March 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place145 places offered · 137 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 for 2026 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Places for 2026 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Bristol school admissions · Bristol, City of school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
131 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)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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 28% (Bristol, City of 55%, England 59%) · Black African 19% (Bristol, City of 9%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 6% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 3% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 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)
4.11 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)
89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
1.81% 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)
88.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £49,773; 11.5% 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 72% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 16% (11%) · educational supplies 9% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£368,000
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)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 60.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 2.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 44.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 60.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 47.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 3.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 48.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 1.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 58% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 39.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 26.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014487 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £370,0001,123 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £270,000–£629,500the 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
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 20an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 112an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 11an 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