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
1096 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
20.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.9%
Persistent absence
31.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 44.9%
Mixed 14%
Pakistani 10.8%
Other White 6.5%
African 4.8%
Indian 3.9%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Unclassified 2.6%
Other Asian 2.5%
Other 2.3%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other Black 1.5%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.9
Local authority average 46.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.19
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
BiologyGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE214
English LiteratureGCSE212
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bristol Metropolitan Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
225
2nd preference
131
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
119
100
Year 8
223
113
110
Year 9
220
126
94
Year 10
220
121
99
Year 11
214
114
100
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
45.0%
30.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
29.0%
40.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
15.0%
12.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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