Secondary school

E-Act Montpelier High School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Girls · mixed sixth form
  • Bristol
  • BS6 5RD
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Mar 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 350 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 11%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 12%12%2016/17: top 13%2017/18: top 7%7% · 2017/182018/19: top 11%2021/22: top 7%2022/23: top 11%2023/24: top 11%2024/25: top 11%No exams

A-level results

#165 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 WestArrows: South West rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 857.3 · South West 45.510/10 Top 10%
Grade 5+ English and maths61.1% · South West 44.2%9/10 Top 20%
EBacc point score5.14 · South West 3.9810/10 Top 10%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.57 · South West −0.0210/10 Top 10%
A level points per entry30.47 · South West 33.674/10 Below−19.9 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 57.6 · 109 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 54.3 · 139 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 60 · 133 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 56.7 · 140 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 63.7 · 135 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 57.5 · 165 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 57.2 · 164 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 57.3 · 131 pupils · South West 45.4563.754.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 68% · 139 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 73% · 133 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 63% · 140 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 79% · 135 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 65% · 165 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 65.2% · 164 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 61.1% · 131 pupils · South West 44.2%79%61.1%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 31.24 · 67 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 32.44 · 69 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 31.29 · 80 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 32.79 · 73 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 37.07 · 88 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 31.82 · 91 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 32.36 · 63 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 30.47 · 80 pupils · South West 33.6737.0730.47No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in90.5%
124 of 137 who put it first2014 · 39.9%2026 · 90.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st137124
2nd11617
3rd904

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2010–2023

  1. 2010Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2022Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2022Ungraded visitas predecessor
  4. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

0 strong areas

5 weak areas

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

5 areas graded · safeguarding No · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026859
Free school meals (past 6 years)32.1%
First language not English37.8%
SEN support12.2%
EHC plan1.9%
Absence (sessions missed)8.3%
Persistently absent pupils22.3%

Girls 99.2%Boys 0.8%

all pupils, incl. sixth form

92.9% full · 925 places · 144 in sixth form

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Not published for this school

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.8
Pupils per adult12.1
  • Classroom teachers 47.3
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 11.1
  • Other support 13.8

Teachers 54.3 FTE · Whole workforce 79.2 · 93 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,387
Spend per pupil£7,955
Staff spend per pupil£5,756
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£368,000in-year balance

Grants £8,134 · self-generated £253 · premises £440 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: E-ACT (38 academies) · trust reserve £25,862,000 · 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

164 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95.7%
  • Education92.1%
  • Apprenticeship0.6%
  • Employment3%
  • Not sustained1.2%
  • Unknown3%

After sixth form (16–18)

63 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained77.8%
  • Education52.4%
  • Higher education46%
  • Apprenticeship1.6%
  • Employment23.8%
  • Not sustained12.7%
  • Unknown9.5%