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Blackhorse Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Blackhorse Lane, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 6TR · blackhorseprimary.org.uk · 01454 866570
On the mapSearch near BS16 6TR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. South Gloucestershire 64%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 419
- 100% of 420 places
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6.9%
- First language not English
- 7.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Leaf Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 62 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 92% 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 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 67 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 88 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across South Gloucestershire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109121)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Blackhorse Primary School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (159 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Positive
- 91%
- Replies
- 159
- 38% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 21 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 38 parents (24%) with SEND