Nova Primary School
Primary · Bristol · BS11 9NG
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.
Inspected 5 July 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
200 pupils · 56% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 36% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- novaprimaryschool.co.uk
- URN
- 151366
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 5 July 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place9 places offered · 9 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
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 70% (Bristol, City of 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bristol, City of 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,719; 6.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 21.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 23.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 20.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 45.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 50.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 41.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 7.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 35.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 5.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 29.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014498 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £295,000250 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £258,500–£325,000the 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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 15an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an 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