Cotham Gardens Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Cotham Gardens Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.

Cotham Gardens 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

At 27.1%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals compares with a middle figure of 8.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers (1.0 first choices per offer, 20th highest of 93 Bristol primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
That 53% was the 2nd lowest in 2024/25 of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol that have results.

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: 18 Cotham Grove, Bristol, BS6 6AL
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 365 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 27.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.3

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024

Strengths

“They know that staff will help them if they have any worries.”
“Pupils’ conduct around the school building is sensible and purposeful.”
“Beyond the classroom, pupils socialise happily.”

To improve

“Pupils do not receive an acceptable standard of education at Cotham Gardens.”
“The school’s expectations of pupils’ achievement are low.”
“The impact of the school’s curriculum is weak.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 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)	53%	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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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.

Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
Willow Park CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
E-ACT Fairlawn Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Johns Church of England Primary School, Clifton 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Cabot Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Westbury Park School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Sefton Park Infant School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published