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St Helen's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bristol · BS35 2QX

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 December 2019

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At a glance

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Website
http://www.sthelensprimaryalveston.org.uk
URN
152583

In figures

Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.403 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2023. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 17 December 2019, under the framework used before November 2025.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.403 miles for 2023 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry) lived within 1.403 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.3%62.3%
Social housing13.5%17.1%
Privately rented7.3%20.5%
Detached houses46.3%22.9%
Flats8.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014863 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£415,00077 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£322,500–£525,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£523,500
Semi-detached (21)£405,000
Terraced (17)£299,000
Flat (5)£200,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.26 km, 2023 entry): 123 sales, median £385,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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