E-ACT Bristol Academy South
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F19
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Bristol, BS13 9AJ
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Merchants' Academy
Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AJ
All-through
Phase
1410
Capacity
3-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 August 2024 and continues as E-ACT Bristol Academy South (URN 151302) (opened 1 September 2024). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2023-24- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 26.0% nat61.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 37.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 47.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 30.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 30.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 97.0 nat104.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 98.0
- Cohort Size
- 43
GCSE Results
2023-24- Average Attainment 8
- 26.6 nat45.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 12.4% nat45.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 30.3% nat65.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 13.1% nat40.4%
- EBacc APS
- 2.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 145
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
After A-Levels 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 72.0%
- Higher education
- 21.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 44.0%
- Not sustained
- 23.0%
A-Level Results
2023-24D
Avg A-Level Grade
19.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.4
19.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.1
21
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.1%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 119
Pupil Demographics
2023-24- Total Pupils
- 1279
- Boys
- 636 (50%)
- Girls
- 643 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1410 (91% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 65.7%
- EAL
- 11.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 18.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.7
Attendance & Absence
2023-24- Overall Absence Rate
- 18.9% nat6.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 54.1% nat17.5%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.3%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.3%
- Black African: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Black Other: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
80.3%
White British
6.0%
White Other
3.3%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gatehouse Avenue
Bristol, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 135597
- UKPRN
- 10024135
- Establishment No.
- 6910
Often compared with
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