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E-ACT Ilminster Avenue Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Ilminster Avenue, Knowle West, Avon, Bristol BS4 1BX · ilminsteravenueacademy.e-act.org.uk · 0117 903 0261
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 38%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 229
- 73% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 65.9%
- First language not English
- 17.5%
- 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, 28 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼38% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼95 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected E-ACT Ilminster Avenue Academy on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
39% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 39%
- Replies
- 31
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (48%) with SEND