Bedminster Down School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Year 7 2025

1.58 miles

Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 3 March 2025

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Bedminster Down School is a secondary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2025 entry.

Bedminster Down 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
Year 7 2025	1.58 mi
Year 7 2023	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2022	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2021	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2020	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Year 7 in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.58 miles away, and the 2025 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
Year 7 in 2026 had 157 first-choice applications for 203 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 46 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 41.7 (England 46).

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: Donald Road, Bedminster Down, Bristol, BS13 7DQ
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–16
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 1,022 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 38.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025

Strengths

“The school has high expectations for what pupils can achieve.”
“However, current pupils in the school receive a good quality of education.”
“They are well prepared for their next steps.”

To improve

“The school’s historic published outcomes show some improvement in pupils’ achievements, although they remain below expectations.”
“However, during social times, some pupils repeatedly display poor behaviour that is disruptive to school life.”
“A minority of parents and carers are concerned about the standard of behaviour at the school.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	39%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	41.7	46

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 157 first-preference applications, 203 offers in total, 157 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 secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Bristol, City of.

Ashton Park School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Oasis Academy Temple Quarter 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Oasis Academy Daventry Road 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Bristol Cathedral Choir School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
Oasis Academy John Williams 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Cotham School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published