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Sefton Park Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Ashley Down Road, Ashley Down, Bristol BS7 9BJ · seftonparkschools.co.uk · 0117 377 3290
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bristol Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 213
- 3 over 210 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.5%
- First language not English
- 9.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bristol Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 61 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.99 mi1.60 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.55 mi0.89 km | |
The council marks the distance as not needed as a tie-break.
Ofsted
Sefton Park Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Feb 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 43
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 9% who had a child bullied