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Hillcrest Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Cemetery Road, Totterdown, Bristol BS4 3DE · hillcrest.bristol.sch.uk · 0117 377 2440
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bristol, City of 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 410
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7.8%
- First language not English
- 12.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 76 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 76% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 76 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 61 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% the higher standard. Across Bristol, City of it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hillcrest Primary School on 24 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 24 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (164 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Positive
- 94%
- Replies
- 164
- 40% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 21 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 34 parents (21%) with SEND