Bradley Stoke Community School
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 4–18 · Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.045 miles
Published by South Gloucestershire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 1.836 mi
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Bradley Stoke Community School is an all-through school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire for ages 4–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2023. South Gloucestershire and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Bradley Stoke Community 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 | 1.045 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 1.836 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 5 earlier figures.
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 1.045 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2021, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2025 to 2026.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.836 miles away.
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
- Fiddlers Wood Lane, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 9BS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and most attend well.”
- “The school helps pupils to feel that they belong as part of the community.”
- “Pupils feel safe and know that they are valued.”
To improve
- “However, the planned curriculum is not yet being taught to all year groups in key stage 3.”
- “However, the proportion of pupils who continue to follow a strongly academic curriculum in key stage 4 is low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 73% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 150 first-preference applications, 150 offers in total, 139 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in South Gloucestershire.
- SGS Pegasus School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Castlefell School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tockington Manor School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Aurora Hedgeway School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Pathways Learning Centre 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Two Bridges Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Immanuel Christian School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- New Horizons Learning Centre 5.3 mi Good