May Park Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
May Park Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
May Park 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
- 46 first-choice applications for 52 Reception offers in 2026: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 16th lowest of 93 Bristol primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 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
- Coombe Road, Eastville, Bristol, BS5 6LE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy, inclusive and welcoming school at the heart of the diverse community it serves.”
- “The school expects all pupils to do well.”
- “This expectation is realised in early years, where children learn well.”
To improve
- “However, until recently, the school has not provided pupils in key stages 1 and 2 with a demanding curriculum that builds pupils’ knowledge securely.”
- “As a result, many pupils do not achieve well enough.”
- “Its actions have been hindered by challenges, such as changes to leadership and staffing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 60% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 46 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.
- Whitehall Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Glenfrome Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Werburgh's Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Evergreen Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Summerhill Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Summerhill Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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