Ashley Down Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Ashley Down Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.

Ashley Down Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	Not published
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
No last distance was published for Reception 2026; the 2023 Reception figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance, and distances swung sharply between some years.
In Reception 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
10.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol is 7.5%.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Downend Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9PD
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 397 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 10.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
“They trust and respect staff, having confidence that adults will help them if they are experiencing difficulties.”
“The school has high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”

To improve

“However, sometimes pupils’ misconceptions are not identified swiftly enough.”
“This means they continue to make the same mistakes or do not understand new learning fully.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	59%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Bristol, City of.

Brunel Field Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Bishop Road Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Sefton Park Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Sefton Park Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
Filton Avenue Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Horfield Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Henleaze Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published