Bedminster Down School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bristol, BS13 7DQ
- Distance
- 2.2km away
Ashton Park School
Blackmoor's Lane, Bower Ashton, Bristol, BS3 2JL
Local ranking10th of 24 secondary schools in Bristol
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1155
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 November 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 212
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Higher education
- 20.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 46.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
21.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
19.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
27
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 165
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1252
- Boys
- 672 (53%)
- Girls
- 600 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1155 (110% full)
- SEND
- 19.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.5%
- EAL
- 9.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,681/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
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.7%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Black African: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
74.7%
White British
7.0%
White Other
3.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145398
- UKPRN
- 10066296
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- EXCALIBUR ACADEMIES TRUST
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