Beacon Rise Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.84 miles
Published by South Gloucestershire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beacon Rise Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. South Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Beacon Rise 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 | 0.84 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception, there were 105 first-choice applications for 90 offers: 88 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.84 miles away, the 8th shortest of 29 South Gloucestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 29 of the 185 applications for 2026 Reception (16%) came from families living outside South Gloucestershire, and 1 offer went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hanham Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 8NU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 625 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at Beacon Rise Primary School.”
- “They meet the school’s high expectations for their academic and personal development.”
- “There is a palpable sense of aspiration in the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2024 (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) | 89% | 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: 105 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 88 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 South Gloucestershire.
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement
- Courtney Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Park Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hanham Abbots Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Samuel White's Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Barrs Court Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Christ Church Hanham CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cadbury Heath Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade