Free figuresOfsted evidence as at 19 October 2026141 state schools

Schools in Bristol: Ofsted evidence

Bristol has 141 state-funded primary, secondary, all-through and special schools. Of the primary schools with a current Ofsted judgement, 80% have positive evidence, against 91% across England; for secondary schools it is 81%, against 84%. It also has 9 independent schools, counted apart.

Ofsted evidence in Bristol: all schools

  1. Positive99 (70%)
  2. Caution22 (16%)
  3. Below standard1 (1%)
  4. No current judgement19 (13%)

Counts of open state-funded schools by what their current Ofsted evidence says. Primary and secondary include all-through schools; all schools adds special schools. Nursery schools, and establishments without a primary, secondary or all-through phase, aren't counted.

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Bristol against England

  • 80%of 93 judged primary schools positive (91% in England)
  • 81%of 21 judged secondary schools positive (84% in England)
  • 19state schools with no current Ofsted judgement
  • 9independent schools

Bristol ranks 283 of 294 English councils for the share of judged primary schools with positive evidence (1 is the highest share; equal shares rank equal).

Bristol ranks 165 of 265 English councils for the share of judged secondary schools with positive evidence (1 is the highest share; equal shares rank equal).

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How to read these figures

  • Positive means good or better current evidence: a grade of Good or Outstanding, an ungraded inspection that confirmed one or found standards maintained, key judgements all Good or better, or a report card with every area at the expected standard or above and safeguarding met.
  • Caution covers evidence short of that, such as Requires improvement, an ungraded inspection that raised concerns, or a report card area that needs attention. Below standard means Inadequate, an Inadequate key judgement, or a report card area needing urgent improvement or safeguarding not met.
  • No current judgement means the school has no inspection of its own we can rely on, often a new school or an academy that opened since its predecessor was inspected.
  • Ofsted stopped single-word overall grades in September 2024. Report cards, used since November 2025, grade areas on a different scale that Ofsted says shouldn't be compared with the old grades. That is why the figures count tones, not grades.
  • Independent schools are inspected by Ofsted or, for members of an independent schools association, by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Our Ofsted data covers state-funded schools, so they are counted apart and not in the shares.
  • These are figures for the whole council. They don't say which schools a family could get a place at: we hold no catchment or admissions data.

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Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from the Department for Education and Ofsted. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.