Holy Cross RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Cross RC Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Holy Cross RC 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, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- Reception 2026 drew 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 20th highest of 93 Bristol primary schools, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 56.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- There are 37 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
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
- Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 1DB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 37
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Holy Cross RC Primary School.”
- “They are polite and welcoming, greeting visitors with a smile.”
- “Pupils talk confidently about the way in which the school’s values help them to be kind and accepting of others.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in some other areas of the curriculum.”
- “The systems that leaders have put in place to check on what pupils know and remember are not yet used well enough to identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge and to plan future learning.”
- “This slows the progress that some pupils make through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 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) | 68% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Southville Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Compass Point Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cathedral Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashton Gate Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Victoria Park Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Luckwell Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Marksbury Road 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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