E-ACT Montpelier High School
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
D41
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bristol, BS6 5RD
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Cotham School
Cotham Lawn Road, Cotham, Bristol, BS6 6DT
Local ranking8th of 24 secondary schools in Bristol
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1642
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 18 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 244
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
187
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 24.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 438
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1655
- Boys
- 872 (53%)
- Girls
- 782 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1642 (101% full)
- SEND
- 20.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.0%
- EAL
- 49.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 19.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,817/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 29.8%
- Black African: 24.5%
- White Other: 8.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.8%
- Mixed Other: 4.1%
- Asian Other: 3.7%
- Asian Indian: 3.0%
- Other: 2.9%
29.8%
White British
24.5%
Black African
8.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cotham Lawn Road
Bristol, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137440
- UKPRN
- 10035130
- Establishment No.
- 4100
- Trust
- COTHAM SCHOOL
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