E-Act Merchants' Academy
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F19
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Bristol, BS13 9AJ
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Bedminster Down School
Donald Road, Bedminster Down, Bristol, BS13 7DQ
Local ranking18th of 23 secondary schools in Bristol
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Secondary
Phase
1080
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 2.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 181
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 66.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 15.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1029
- Boys
- 563 (55%)
- Girls
- 466 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1080 (95% full)
- SEND
- 21.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.0%
- EAL
- 6.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 18.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,528/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.6%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
85.6%
White British
3.3%
White Other
2.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Donald Road
Bristol, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 138204
- UKPRN
- 10035961
- Establishment No.
- 4037
- Trust
- FUTURA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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