Minerva Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Minerva Primary Academy is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Minerva Primary 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	Every applicant was offered a place
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
Reception 2017	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, as at 16 of the 94 other Bristol primary schools with a published 2026 outcome.
Reception entry in 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 36 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 93 Bristol primary schools.
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Among 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol that have results), the 2024/25 figure of 79% was the highest.

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: The Greenway, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 4HA
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 345 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 31% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.3

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 11 June 2024

Strengths

“Minerva Primary Academy is at the heart of the community.”
“The school manages this well and this helps new pupils to settle quickly.”
“Pupils, including the high number of pupils who are disadvantaged, have complex needs and speak English as an additional language, are happy and flourish in the nurturing environment.”

To improve

“In other subjects, such as geography and history, the identification of the key knowledge that pupils need to learn is less clear.”
“As a result, some pupils do not remember their learning over time.”
“For example, in geography, pupils struggle to recall their previous learning about rivers and have a limited understanding of fieldwork.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 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)	79%	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: 29 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 29 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.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Chester Park Infant School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Chester Park Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
Two Mile Hill Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Fishponds CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Avanti Gardens School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Air Balloon Hill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Frome Vale Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published