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Ashton Park School

URN
145398
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ashton Park School
URN
145398
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

66 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

54

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

60

Destinations

54

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#12 of 21 schools in Bristol, City of

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

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • 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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  • 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.

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

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  • Offer probability
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  • Priority rules
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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
15 January 2023
Inspection date
8 November 2022
Inspection type
Academy First Section 5
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 15 January 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 15 January 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High 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)

217

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

450

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

217

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.07×

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
www.ashtonpark.net

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

45.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

41.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

62.6%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

15.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

BS3 2JL - Blackmoor's Lane, Bower Ashton, Bristol

Contact details

Address
Blackmoor's Lane, Bower Ashton, Bristol
Postcode
BS3 2JL
Phone
1173772777
Website
www.ashtonpark.net
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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.
  • Good

    Graded 15 January 2023

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 15 January 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 15 January 2023

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 15 January 2023

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    Inspection history

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

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    15 January 20238 November 2022Academy First Section 5GoodView report for inspection published 15 January 2023
    • Good

      Published
      15 January 2023
      Inspected
      8 November 2022
      Type
      Academy First Section 5
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    48.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 198

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

    EBacc achievement

    6.5%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    21.5

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.54

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    7.7%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    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 %

    84.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    Not published

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    7.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    6.0%

    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
    Ashton Park School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Ashton Vale Primary School763 mPrimaryOpen
    Ashton Vale Primary School763 mPrimaryClosed
    Ashton Gate Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    Ashton Gate Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    Luckwell Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Luckwell Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Hotwells Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Hotwells Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Compass Point Primary School1.7 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Ashton Park School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Ashton Vale Primary School
      Distance
      763 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Ashton Vale Primary School
      Distance
      763 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Ashton Gate Primary School
      Distance
      1.1 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

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

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Ashton Park SchoolSecondaryBS3 2JLClosed
    Bedminster Down SchoolSecondaryBS13 7DQClosed
    Bedminster Down SchoolSecondaryBS13 7DQOpen
    Blaise High SchoolSecondaryBS10 7QHOpen
    Bridge Learning Campus - SecondarySecondaryBS13 0RLClosed
    • Ashton Park School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS3 2JL
      Status
      Closed
    • Bedminster Down School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS13 7DQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bedminster Down School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS13 7DQ
      Status
      Open
    • Blaise High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS10 7QH
      Status
      Open
    • Bridge Learning Campus - Secondary
    Ashton Gate Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Luckwell Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Luckwell Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hotwells Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hotwells Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Compass Point Primary School
    Distance
    1.7 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BS13 0RL
    Status
    Closed