The City Academy Bristol

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 2 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
144509
Address
Russell Town Avenue, BS5 9JH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
992 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
31.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
49.3%
Persistent absence
31.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.6%
Pupil ethnicities
African 19.5%
White British 16.7%
Mixed 13%
Unclassified 10.9%
Pakistani 10.2%
Other White 6.9%
Other Black 5.4%
Other 4.7%
Other Asian 3.6%
Gypsy/Roma 2.8%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Indian 1.7%
Caribbean 1.6%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.9
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.18
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award2
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE42
BengaliGCSE8
BiologyGCSE11
Business Studies:SingleGCSE85
ChemistryGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The City Academy Bristol

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
224
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
133
2nd preference
67
3rd preference
75
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
211
103
108
Year 8
193
89
104
Year 9
200
112
88
Year 10
187
96
91
Year 11
201
94
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
30.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
42.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
18.0%
11.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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