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Cathedral Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
College Square, Bristol BS1 5TS · cathedralprimaryschool.org · 0117 353 2052
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 62%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 422
- 2 over 420 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.3%
- First language not English
- 20.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Amplify Education
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, 51 families put the school first and 54 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 | 54 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 86 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 93 | 1.6▲ | 61% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 99 | 1.7▲ | 59% |
Results
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ●62% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●105 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cathedral Primary School on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (127 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 127
- 30% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (17%) with SEND