West Town Lane Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
West Town Lane Academy is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
West Town Lane 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 meal eligibility is 16.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 41.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- Reception 2026 drew 74 first-choice applications for 75 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- No Reception 2026 last distance was published; the 2024 last distance was about the same as in 2023, and was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- West Town Lane, Brislington, Bristol, BS4 5DT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 634 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Staff create a family, caring ethos.”
- “Mabel the dog helps to soothe pupils’ anxieties, a family of hens scratch happily in their home, little library areas dotted around provide spaces to stop and read a book, and carefully designed classrooms provide calm places to learn.”
- “This helps to create an environment in which pupils feel secure.”
To improve
- “However, for a few pupils who are working below expectations, assessment information does not identify exactly what pupils need to learn next.”
- “However, at times, these pupils, including some who are disadvantaged, do not receive the support that they need to develop their reading fluency as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 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) | 56% | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 74 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.
- Holymead Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy New Oak 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Knowle Park Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodlands Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Perry Court E-ACT Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hillcrest Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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