St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Jan 28 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
109327
Address
Somerset Square, BS1 6RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1778 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
20.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.1%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 47.3%
African 12.5%
Mixed 10.3%
Other White 8.8%
Indian 4.8%
Other Asian 4.3%
Caribbean 3.5%
Chinese 2%
Other Black 1.9%
Pakistani 1.5%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 0.9%
Irish 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 62%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.1
Local authority average 46.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.74
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE79
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE212
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
207
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
271
2nd preference
199
3rd preference
211
From another Local Authority
49
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
190
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
220
115
105
Year 8
217
104
113
Year 9
216
113
103
Year 10
223
118
105
Year 11
220
104
116
Year 12
362
171
191
Year 13
320
130
190
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
12.0%
30.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
56.0%
40.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
21.0%
12.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
60.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
21.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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