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May Park Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Coombe Road, Eastville, Bristol BS5 6LE · maypark.excalibur.org.uk · 0117 903 0075
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- 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
- 446
- 67% of 670 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.4%
- First language not English
- 48.9%
- 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, 46 families put the school first and 52 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 | 52 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 66 | 56 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 63 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109131)
Ofsted
May Park Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 8 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 8 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Apr 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109131), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
- Jul 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Apr 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109131)
Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109131)
Feb 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109131)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (97 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 97
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (10%) with SEND