Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy 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
- Free school meals eligibility is 65.9%, against a middle figure of 42% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, the 2024/25 figure was 0% (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
- Ilminster Avenue, Knowle West, Avon, Bristol, BS4 1BX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 65.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and well cared for.”
- “They live up to the school’s high expectations for their behaviour, known as ‘Ilminster in action’.”
- “Pupils like getting rewards for demonstrating the school’s values, such as being helpful or trying their best.”
To improve
- “However, many positive changes are recent and need time to embed.”
- “This includes in the Reception Year, where some children do not get off to the strong start they need.”
- “However, much of their work is in its infancy and, therefore, limited in impact.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 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) | 38% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Knowle Park Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- School of Christ The King Catholic Primary 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Connaught 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy New Oak 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Perry Court E-ACT Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Marksbury Road 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Town Lane Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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