Elmlea Infant School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.85 miles

Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Elmlea Infant School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.

Elmlea Infant 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	0.85 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

For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.85 miles away, the 13th longest of the 26 Bristol primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most of all from 2022 to 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 drew 107 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 86 offers went to first-choice families, and 21 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 28 March 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol, 2 are Good, 1 Requires improvement and 5 have no current grade.

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: Elmlea Avenue, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3UU
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–7
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 270 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.5

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 28 March 2023

Strengths

“Pupils flourish at Elmlea Infant School.”
“Pupils fully understand how the school’s values help them to be kind, respectful and eager to learn.”
“Parents and carers speak highly about the school’s community feel and the care and attention that staff show towards pupils.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 107 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 86 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.

Elmlea Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
E-ACT St Ursula's Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Westbury Park School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Henleaze Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Henleaze Junior School 0.8 mi Requires improvement
Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
St Johns Church of England Primary School, Clifton 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published