Fonthill Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.38 miles
Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fonthill Primary Academy is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Fonthill 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 | 1.38 mi |
| 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
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child 1.38 miles away, 5th longest of 26 Bristol primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.85 miles).
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2024 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Ascot Road, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 5SW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Fonthill Primary Academy.”
- “They understand how the school’s motto, ‘working together, achieving together’, helps them to feel part of the school community.”
- “Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive.”
To improve
- “In some wider curriculum subjects, pupils’ knowledge is less secure.”
- “This is because some teachers do not routinely make clear the important knowledge they want pupils to learn, nor do they check what pupils know well enough before moving on to new learning.”
- “This slows the progress that some pupils make.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2022 (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) | 47% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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 Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Little Mead Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Upper Horfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Horfield Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Badocks Wood E-ACT Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Brentry Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Filton Avenue Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
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