Secondary school

Ashton Park School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Bristol
  • BS3 2JL
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,623 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 50%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 84%84%2016/17: top 86%2017/18: top 82%2018/19: top 85%2021/22: top 59%2022/23: top 44%2023/24: top 29%29% · 2023/242024/25: top 50%No exams

A-level results

#221 of 224 South West sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South West

Attainment 845.8 · South West 45.56/10 Middle+8.9 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths41.6% · South West 44.2%5/10 Middle
EBacc point score3.73 · South West 3.984/10 Below
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.31 · South West −0.028/10 Above+71.3 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry21.53 · South West 33.67Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 44.3 · 198 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 39.2 · 203 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 39.7 · 198 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 39 · 199 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 46.6 · 209 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 47.1 · 209 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 50.2 · 208 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 45.8 · 214 pupils · South West 45.4550.239No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 32% · 203 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 27% · 198 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 31% · 199 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 44% · 209 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 46% · 209 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 54.3% · 208 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 41.6% · 214 pupils · South West 44.2%54.3%27%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 22.88 · 50 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 26.83 · 62 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 21.44 · 32 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 27.56 · 39 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 27.57 · 28 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 31.16 · 32 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 21.4 · 36 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 21.53 · 27 pupils · South West 33.6731.1621.4No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in80.3%
204 of 254 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 80.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st254204
2nd1199
3rd740

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Goodas predecessor
  5. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,272
Free school meals (past 6 years)24.5%
First language not English9.6%
SEN support15.2%
EHC plan4.5%
Absence (sessions missed)10.9%
Persistently absent pupils27.1%

Girls 47.8%Boys 52.2%

110.1% full · 1,155 places · 165 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.5
Pupils per adult15.4
  • Classroom teachers 65.8
  • Leadership 6.8
  • Teaching assistants 7.2
  • Other support 34.9

Teachers 72.6 FTE · Whole workforce 114.6 · 130 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,195
Spend per pupil£7,681
Staff spend per pupil£5,788
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£646,000in-year balance

Grants £7,947 · self-generated £247 · premises £360 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: EXCALIBUR ACADEMIES TRUST (20 academies) · trust reserve £4,863,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

208 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94.2%
  • Education85.6%
  • Apprenticeship5.3%
  • Employment3.4%
  • Not sustained4.3%
  • Unknown1.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

81 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84%
  • Education29.6%
  • Higher education25.9%
  • Apprenticeship11.1%
  • Employment43.2%
  • Not sustained12.3%
  • Unknown3.7%