Bishop Road Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.61 miles

Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Bishop Road Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.

Bishop Road 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	1.61 mi
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

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.61 miles away, the 3rd longest of 26 Bristol primary schools with a published last distance.
For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2021 and about the same as in 2020.
In 2026 there were 87 first-choice applications for 90 Reception offers; 84 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Bishop Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8LS
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 779 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 7.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 7 November 2023

Strengths

“Bishop Road Primary is a school where pupils flourish.”
“The quality of education pupils receive is exceptional.”
“They are excited to talk about their learning and share their ideas.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 2023 (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)	86%	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: 87 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 84 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.

St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Brunel Field Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Ashley Down Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Henleaze Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Henleaze Junior School 0.5 mi Requires improvement
Sefton Park Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Sefton Park Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
Westbury Park School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published