Bristol Metropolitan Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
135959
Address
Snowdon Road, Fishponds, BS16 2HD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1108 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
20.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.8%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.8%
Mixed 14.1%
Pakistani 10.5%
Other White 6.9%
African 5%
Indian 4%
Unclassified 3.4%
Bangladeshi 2.8%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other Asian 2%
Other 2%
Other Black 1.9%
Chinese 0.9%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.4
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award7
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
Art & DesignGCSE2
BiologyGCSE16
ChemistryGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE195
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bristol Metropolitan Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
213
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
279
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
122
From another Local Authority
63
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
188
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
221
111
110
Year 8
222
130
92
Year 9
223
122
101
Year 10
220
116
104
Year 11
222
108
114
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
30.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
42.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
21.0%
11.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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