The City Academy Bristol

Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH

977 pupils · 100% of 975 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Trust
CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
47.8%

Ofsted

Standards maintained (2024)Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 27 November 2024, published 12 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score38.5
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)29.9%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)51.1%
Entering the English Baccalaureate25.9%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.73 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry174127261140
Sept 2025 entry206124244147
Sept 2024 entry224133275171
Sept 2023 entry278117260158
Sept 2022 entry264130302158
Sept 2021 entry245130280163
Sept 2020 entry247109244149
Sept 2019 entry28372168101

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.