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Minerva Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
The Greenway, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 4HA · minervaprimaryacademy.clf.uk · 0117 377 2990
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 345
- 82% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.3%
- First language not English
- 53.3%
- 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, 29 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 29 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Minerva Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 68%
- Replies
- 65
- 17% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 65% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (20%) with SEND