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E-ACT St Ursula's Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Brecon Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 4DT · stursulasacademy.e-act.org.uk · 0117 962 2616
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bristol, City of 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bristol Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 496
- 79% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- First language not English
- 11.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- E-Act
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, 39 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 100% 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 | 56 | 39 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 61 | 44 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 83 | 62 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 72 | 52 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 86 | 65 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
E-ACT St Ursula's Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in May 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 20 May 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 Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jan 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (142 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 142
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 33 parents (23%) with SEND