Winterbourne Academy
High Street, Bristol, BS36 1JL
1,741 pupils · 93% of 1,880 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE OLYMPUS ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.9%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 10 May 2022, published 5 July 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 58.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 73.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 22.5% |
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 — 0.87 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 262 | 227 | 584 | 257 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 293 | 269 | 693 | 293 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 287 | 296 | 751 | 287 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 295 | 336 | 738 | 295 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 356 | 324 | 734 | 356 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 300 | 305 | 699 | 300 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 299 | 258 | 692 | 299 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 297 | 315 | 695 | 297 |
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
- Abbeywood Community School 3.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Downend School 3.7 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Patchway Community School 4.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Mangotsfield School 5.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Bristol Metropolitan Academy 5.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Trinity Academy 5.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
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.