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E-ACT Badock's Wood Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Doncaster Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5PU · badockswoodacademy.e-act.org.uk · 0117 903 0050
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- 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
- 213
- 68% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 58.7%
- First language not English
- 44.6%
- 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, 15 families put the school first and 16 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 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 11 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼96 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109139)
Ofsted
E-ACT Badock's Wood Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 30 Nov 2022
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109139), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109139)
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109139)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 11
- 5% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied