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Bristol Cathedral Choir School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

College Square, Bristol BS1 5TS · bccs.bristol.sch.uk · 0117 353 5000

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
54.6
average Attainment 8 score. Bristol, City of 46.4, England 46
Demand for places
1.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,192
142 over 1,050 places · 114%
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28.4%
First language not English
22.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Amplify Education

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 214 families put the school first and 141 places were offered; 56% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 326 (Places 138)326September 2023: 328 (Places 141)328September 2024: 279 (Places 139)279September 2025: 247 (Places 136)247September 2026: 214 (Places 141)214Places 141
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261412141.5▲56%
September 2025Sept 20251362471.8▲53%
September 2024Sept 20241392792▲44%
September 2023Sept 20231413282.3▲39%
September 2022Sept 20221383262.4▲38%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 54.6, and 60.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bristol, City of it was 46.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (38.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 54.6 (England 46.3)54.62017/18: 59.0 (England 46.5)59.02018/19: 56.4 (England 46.7)56.42021/22: 59.3 (England 48.8)59.32022/23: 54.9 (England 46.3)54.92023/24: 56.7 (England 45.9)56.72024/25: 54.6 (England 46.0)54.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲54.646.0
▲60.1%45.4%
▲76.4%64.8%
▲43.2%40.5%
▲4.994.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form67.8+3.6
Sixth form college9.6−1
Further education16.4−0.8
Other education0.7−1.9
Not in a lasting destination4.1+2.8
Activity not captured1.4—

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.9 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 35.1 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 35.8 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 39.9 (England 32.9)B2021/22: 42.0 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 38.9 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 38.1 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 38.5 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
192 studentsB (38.5)Above average +0.12
192 studentsB (38.5)Above average +0.11
22.9%AAB or better
96%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24201B- (38.1)-0.07
2022/23202B (38.9)—
2021/22216B+ (42)—
2018/19210B (39.9)+0.21
2017/18131B- (35.8)+0.21
2016/17106B- (35.1)+0.15
2015/1696C+ (34.9)+0.23

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University51.5−6.3
Further education2.9−0.3
Apprenticeship1−0.4
Employment29.4+4.6
Not in a lasting destination8.3−0.4
Activity not captured6.9+2.8

Ofsted

Bristol Cathedral Choir School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 29 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
29 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (247 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
92%
Replies
247
21% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school●90% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲88% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲90% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼70% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲83% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲83% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲57% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 30% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲70% agreeEngland 67%

based on 59 parents (24%) with SEND

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