All parents want to provide their children with the best education possible. When deciding which school to send their children to, many parents will consider the school's Ofsted rating.
Ofsted’s role is to make sure organisations providing education, training and care services in England do so to a high standard for children and students. Its graded inspections provide these settings with a rating of 'inadequate', 'requires improvement', 'good' or 'outstanding'.
These are the schools in the Bristol region that currently have the highest rating of 'outstanding', according to the watchdog's records. It should be noted that the rating is not necessarily a reflection of the existing provision, as many schools have not been inspected for several years.
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Outstanding schools used to be exempt from routine inspection by legislation, with some left without inspection for more than a decade. However, the Department for Education removed the exemption in 2020 following concerns about potential changes in standards at those schools, with many since downgraded.
Its website states: "Between 15 May 2012 and 13 November 2020, maintained primary and secondary schools and academies judged to be outstanding in their overall effectiveness at their most recent section 5 inspection were exempt from routine inspections under section 5. These schools are now once again subject to routine inspections under section 5.
"This also applies to academy converter schools that were formerly exempt because the overall effectiveness of the predecessor school was outstanding at its most recent section 5 inspection...All formerly exempt schools will receive an initial inspection under section 5 or section 8 before 1 August 2025."
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If you believe one of the listings below is not up to date, or if there is a school missing from this list, please contact estel.farellroig@reachplc.com.
Bristol
Hartcliffe Nursery School and Children's Centre
Brunel Field Primary School
Ashton Gate Primary School
Bishop Road Primary School
Blaise Primary and Nursery School
Fair Furlong Primary School
Whitehall Primary School
St Johns Church of England Primary School, Clifton
Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Bristol
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
Bridge Farm Primary School
Bristol Hospital Education Service
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Montpelier High School
St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC)
Elmlea Junior School
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Henleaze Junior School
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Westbury Park School
Redland Green School
Little Mead Primary Academy
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road
Hareclive E-ACT Academy
Headley Park Primary School
Elmlea Infant School
Frome Vale Academy
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South Gloucestershire
Bromley Heath Junior School
Beacon Rise Primary School
Almondsbury Church of England Primary School
St Helen's Church of England Primary School
Mangotsfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
St Stephen's Church of England Junior School, Soundwell
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Old Sodbury Church of England Primary School
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Thornbury
Watermore Primary School
Charfield Primary School
New Siblands School
North Somerset
Golden Valley Primary School
Wrington Church of England Primary School
Gordano School
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Priory Community School
Clevedon School
Haywood Village Academy
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High Down Infant School
Bournville Primary School
West Leigh Infant School
Backwell Church of England Junior School
Yatton Infant School
Flax Bourton Church of England Primary School
Sandford Primary School
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