Ashley Down Primary School
Bristol, BS7 9PD · Bristol, City of local authority
Bristol’s School Grade B− better than 47% of towns in England
What stands out about Ashley Down Primary School
- Its own letter, B: Key Stage 2 results better than 63% of England’s primary schools
- 67% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5 points above England’s schools
- 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (44 of 44)
- Homes in its postcode sector (BS7 9) sold for a median £400,000; Bristol’s is £352,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 67%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 63% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Bristol, City of avg 58%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 109, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Ashley Down Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (9), 2020 (4), 2021 (12), 2023 (12). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Bristol, City of council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bristol, City of council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Bristol and Bristol, City of, side by side
2023–2025All 91 graded primaries in Bristol, City of. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Bristol’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerhill Academy | A+ | 33% | 92% |
| Westbury Park School | A+ | 3% | 85% |
| Bishop Road Primary School | A+ | 7% | 84% |
| Elmlea Junior School | A | 4% | 79% |
| Oasis Academy Bank Leaze | A | 52% | 78% |
| E-ACT St Ursula's Academy | A | 13% | 77% |
| Evergreen Primary Academy | A | 52% | 77% |
| Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School | A | 12% | 76% |
| Bridge Learning Campus | A | 58% | 76% |
| Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School | A− | 12% | 74% |
| Minerva Primary Academy | A− | 33% | 73% |
| Frome Vale Academy | A− | 29% | 73% |
| Hotwells Primary School | A− | 32% | 73% |
| Southville Primary School | A− | 10% | 72% |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Bristol | A− | 22% | 72% |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | A− | 11% | 72% |
| Cheddar Grove Primary School | A− | 17% | 71% |
| Bridge Farm Primary School | A− | 20% | 71% |
| St Johns Church of England Primary School, Clifton | B+ | 9% | 70% |
| Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| E-ACT Greenfield Primary Academy | B+ | 60% | 70% |
| Oasis Academy Marksbury Road | B+ | 42% | 69% |
| Henleaze Junior School | B+ | 9% | 68% |
| E-ACT Badock's Wood Academy | B+ | 59% | 68% |
| St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 7% | 68% |
| Ashley Down Primary School | B | 10% | 67% |
| Filton Avenue Primary School | B | 42% | 66% |
| Ashton Gate Primary School | B | 9% | 66% |
| Begbrook Primary Academy | B | 22% | 65% |
| Headley Park Primary School | B | 26% | 65% |
| Cathedral Primary School | B− | 22% | 64% |
| Brunel Field Primary School | B− | 5% | 63% |
| Oasis Academy New Oak | B− | 49% | 63% |
| Sefton Park Junior School | B− | 13% | 62% |
| St Bernard's Catholic Primary School | B− | 26% | 62% |
| Upper Horfield Primary School | B− | 37% | 61% |
| St Werburgh's Primary School | B− | 31% | 61% |
| Blaise Primary and Nursery School | C+ | 43% | 60% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | C+ | 24% | 60% |
| Wansdyke Primary School | C+ | 24% | 60% |
| Hillcrest Primary School | C+ | 8% | 59% |
| Knowle Park Primary School | C+ | 23% | 59% |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | C+ | 7% | 59% |
| Victoria Park Primary School | C+ | 23% | 59% |
| Holymead Primary School | C+ | 14% | 58% |
| West Town Lane Academy | C+ | 16% | 58% |
| E-ACT Fairlawn Primary School | C+ | 34% | 58% |
| Brentry Primary School | C | 35% | 57% |
| St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | C | 10% | 57% |
| Air Balloon Hill Primary School | C | 26% | 56% |
| Woodlands Academy | C | 51% | 56% |
| Horfield Church of England Primary School | C | 17% | 56% |
| Glenfrome Primary School | C | 22% | 55% |
| Holy Cross RC Primary School | C | 57% | 55% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC) | C | 31% | 55% |
| Luckwell Primary School | C | 28% | 55% |
| Broomhill Junior School | C | 42% | 54% |
| Whitehall Primary School | C | 23% | 54% |
| Waycroft Academy | C | 17% | 54% |
| Ashton Vale Primary School | C | 36% | 54% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | C− | 14% | 53% |
| School of Christ The King Catholic Primary | C− | 42% | 52% |
| Fishponds CofE Primary School | C− | 39% | 52% |
| E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy | C− | 55% | 51% |
| Two Mile Hill Primary School | C− | 25% | 51% |
| Shirehampton Primary School | C− | 32% | 50% |
| Four Acres Academy | C− | 56% | 50% |
| E-ACT Hareclive Academy | C− | 71% | 50% |
| Parson Street Primary School | C− | 43% | 49% |
| Oasis Academy Long Cross | C− | 65% | 48% |
| Easton CofE Primary School | C− | 55% | 48% |
| Chester Park Junior School | D | 33% | 45% |
| Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and Nursery | D | 40% | 44% |
| Oasis Academy Connaught | D | 75% | 44% |
| Little Mead Primary Academy | D | 30% | 44% |
| May Park Primary School | D | 31% | 43% |
| Henbury Court Primary Academy | D | 45% | 42% |
| Cabot Primary School | D | 55% | 42% |
| Cotham Gardens Primary School | D | 27% | 41% |
| Fonthill Primary Academy | D | 36% | 41% |
| Compass Point Primary School | D | 47% | 41% |
| Stoke Park Primary School | D | 31% | 41% |
| Avanti Gardens School | D | 10% | 41% |
| Hannah More Primary School | D | 50% | 40% |
| Nova Primary School | D | 36% | 40% |
| St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School | D | 34% | 39% |
| Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery | D− | 39% | 34% |
| E-ACT Ilminster Avenue Academy | D− | 66% | 33% |
| Fair Furlong Primary School | D− | 57% | 30% |
| Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy | D− | 27% | 30% |
| E-ACT the Kingfisher School | D− | 55% | 25% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025397 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Ashley Down Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, December 2024.
Living near Ashley Down Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in BS7 9, the school’s postcode sector
Bristol property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in BS7 9 sell for a little over Bristol’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
34 state schoolsLocation
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Ashley Down Primary School: common questions
Is Ashley Down Primary School a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 63% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B), with 67% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024.
How hard is it to get into Ashley Down Primary School?
For September 2026, 44 families put Ashley Down Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 47 places were offered in all.
What is Ashley Down Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (December 2024).
How much do houses cost near Ashley Down Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, BS7 9, sold for a median £400,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (627 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bristol’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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