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Birdwell Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Hollis Close, Long Ashton, Bristol BS41 9AZ · birdwellschool.co.uk · 01275 392496
On the mapSearch near BS41 9AZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 84%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.76 mi
- 4.44 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 5 · North Somerset Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 427
- 95% of 450 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.1%
- First language not English
- 7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Birdwell School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 5” went to a home 2.76 mi (4.44 km) from the school. Source: North Somerset Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 97% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 5 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.76 mi4.44 km | |
Offer-day round; later rounds (places freed by refusals) are not read.
Results
In 2024/25, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% the higher standard. Across North Somerset it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲84% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Birdwell Primary School on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (163 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Positive
- 99%
- Replies
- 163
- 38% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on 13 parents (8%) whose child was bullied
based on 24 parents (15%) with SEND