E-ACT Bristol Academy South
- All-through
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages 3 to 18
URN 151302 · Bristol · E-ACT
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest graded inspection
19 March 2024Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Ofsted category: Special measures.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years provision
- Inadequate
- Sixth form provision
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding is effective
- No
This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against Bristol and England, secondary schools.
Overall absence
2024/2515.3%
- Bristol
- 10.3%
- England
- 8.4%
6.9 percentage points higher than England.
Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Persistent absence
2024/2543.4%
- Bristol
- 29.3%
- England
- 23.4%
20.0 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Severe absence
2024/2511.2%
- Bristol
- 5.3%
- England
- 3.9%
7.3 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions
Against Bristol and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/2584.67
- Bristol
- 37.41
- England
- 21.24
63.43 higher than England.
Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
2024/250.00
- Bristol
- 0.12
- England
- 0.23
0.23 lower than England.
Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Key stage 2 results
Against Bristol and England, primary schools.
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard
2024/2515%
- Bristol
- 59%
- England
- 63%
48 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Bristol | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 58% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 56% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 56% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 15% | 59% | 63% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | Not published | 60% | 63% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard
2024/250%
- Bristol
- 6%
- England
- 8%
8 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Bristol | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 7% | 7% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 6% | 8% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 6% | 8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | Not published | 7% | 9% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.
Key stage 4 results
Against Bristol and England, secondary schools.
Attainment 8
2025/26 (provisional)30.4
- Bristol
- 46.5
- England
- 47.4
17.0 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Bristol | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 49.6 | 49.8 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 46.6 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 46.5 | 46.9 |
| 2024/25 | 29.5 | 47.7 | 47.1 |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 30.4 | 46.5 | 47.4 |
The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 4 or above
2025/26 (provisional)38%
- Bristol
- 64%
- England
- 66%
28 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Bristol | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 69% | 70% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 65% | 67% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 65% | 67% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 67% | 66% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 38% | 64% | 66% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 5 or above
2025/26 (provisional)17%
- Bristol
- 45%
- England
- 48%
31 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Bristol | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 50% | 51% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 44% | 46% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 44% | 47% |
| 2024/25 | 18% | 47% | 47% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 17% | 45% | 48% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
Pupils
Against Bristol and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2563.7%
- Bristol
- 31.7%
- England
- 25.8%
37.9 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
SEN support
2024/2523.0%
- Bristol
- 17.3%
- England
- 13.4%
9.6 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Education, health and care plan
2024/255.8%
- Bristol
- 3.8%
- England
- 3.1%
2.7 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
First language other than English
2024/2514.5%
- Bristol
- 20.9%
- England
- 19.2%
4.7 percentage points lower than England.
Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against Bristol and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2620.0
- Bristol
- 17.0
- England
- 17.3
2.7 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Bristol | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 16.5 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 17.4 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | Not published | 17.1 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 17.5 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 16.8 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 17.0 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 20.7 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/256.2 days
- Bristol
- 5.1 days
- England
- 5.0 days
1.2 days higher than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Bristol | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 4.4 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 3.9 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 4.0 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 6.5 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 5.7 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 5.4 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 6.2 days | 5.1 days | 5.0 days |
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 1,018
- Capacity
- 1,410
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 3 to 18
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- E-ACT
- Opened
- 1 September 2024
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Bristol South
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 1 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Address: Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AJ
Website: bristolacademysouth.e-act.org.uk
Telephone: 01173015000
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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