E-Act Merchants' Academy

General Info

Education Phase
All-through
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3 - 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
151302
Address
Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, BS13 9AJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1070 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
14.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
63.7%
Persistent absence
40.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
Other White 7.2%
Mixed 6%
African 4.1%
Other Asian 1%
Other 1%
Indian 0.9%
Other Black 0.9%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 18%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 29.3
Local authority average 46.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.42
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award31
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award35
Health StudiesTechnical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE5
ChemistryGCSE5
English LanguageGCSE117
English LiteratureGCSE112
GeographyGCSE14
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

E-Act Merchants' Academy

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
32
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
32
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
13
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
32
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes25.2
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher22.5
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher28.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Nursery Year 1, Full-time
22
13
9
Nursery Year 2, Full-time
2
0
2
Reception, Full-time
45
21
24
Year 1
42
27
15
Year 2
38
22
16
Year 3
42
19
23
Year 4
50
19
31
Year 5
56
25
31
Year 6
56
26
30
Year 7
110
54
56
Year 8
165
77
88
Year 9
155
76
79
Year 10
154
78
76
Year 11
124
63
61
Year 13
8
4
4
Year 14
1
0
1
Year 2024-2025

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