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The City Academy Bristol

URN
144509
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
The City Academy Bristol
URN
144509
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

57 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

40

Inspection

68

Admissions Value

58

Destinations

40

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#19 of 21 schools in Bristol, City of

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for The City Academy Bristol

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for The City Academy Bristol

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
12 January 2025
Inspection date
27 November 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Standards maintained

    Graded 12 January 2025

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

206

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

244

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

147

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.18×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bristol, City of
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Bristol, City of)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://cityacademybristol.clf.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bristol, City of to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

38.5

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

29.9%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

51.1%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

25.9%

EBacc achievement

Location

BS5 9JH - Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, Avon

Contact details

Address
Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, Avon
Postcode
BS5 9JH
Phone
1179413800
Website
https://cityacademybristol.clf.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bristol, City of
Local authority code
801

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 426 schools in Bristol, City of.

Authority statistics

Total schools

426

Open schools

173

Closed schools

250

Primary schools

257

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 January 202527 November 2024-Standards maintainedView report for inspection published 12 January 2025
    • Standards maintained

      Published
      12 January 2025
      Inspected
      27 November 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    60.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 124

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    4.0%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    85.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    7.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    49

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary257 (62.7%)
    • Secondary49 (12.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other104 (25.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St George Community College0 mSecondaryClosed
    The City Academy Bristol0 mSecondaryClosed
    Cashmore Nursery School398 mNurseryClosed
    E-Act Bannerman Road Community Academy501 mPrimaryOpen
    Bannerman Road Community School and Children's Centre501 mPrimaryClosed
    Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy520 mPrimaryOpen
    Spring Woods Nursery School581 mNurseryClosed
    Snowdon Village588 mNot applicableOpen
    The Limes Nursery School631 mNurseryOpen
    Whitehall Primary School667 mPrimaryOpen
    • St George Community College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • The City Academy Bristol
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Cashmore Nursery School
      Distance
      398 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Closed
    • E-Act Bannerman Road Community Academy
      Distance
      501 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Bristol, City of)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Ashton Park SchoolSecondaryBS3 2JLOpen
    Ashton Park SchoolSecondaryBS3 2JLClosed
    Bedminster Down SchoolSecondaryBS13 7DQOpen
    Bedminster Down SchoolSecondaryBS13 7DQClosed
    Blaise High SchoolSecondaryBS10 7QHOpen
    • Ashton Park School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS3 2JL
      Status
      Open
    • Ashton Park School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS3 2JL
      Status
      Closed
    • Bedminster Down School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS13 7DQ
      Status
      Open
    • Bedminster Down School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS13 7DQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Blaise High School
    Bannerman Road Community School and Children's Centre
    Distance
    501 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy
    Distance
    520 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Spring Woods Nursery School
    Distance
    581 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Closed
  • Snowdon Village
    Distance
    588 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • The Limes Nursery School
    Distance
    631 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Whitehall Primary School
    Distance
    667 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BS10 7QH
    Status
    Open