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Cotham Gardens Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
18 Cotham Grove, Bristol BS6 6AL · cothamgardens.co.uk · 0117 377 2610
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- 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
- 365
- 58% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 27.1%
- First language not English
- 49.6%
- 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, 22 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 34 | 27 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 69 | 57 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% 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 | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cotham Gardens Primary School on 10 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023
Other inspections
Report cards, from November 2025
- Jul 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Sept 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (130 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 130
- 32% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (20%) with SEND