Begbrook Primary Academy

Begbrook Primary Academy is performing well, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas including education quality, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The headteacher, Vicky Counsell, has made significant improvements since her appointment in September 2022, including a rich and ambitious curriculum that fosters a love for reading among pupils. The school promotes a positive climate where pupils feel safe and respected, contributing to their overall well-rounded development and successful integration of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This is the school's first routine inspection after the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been taken into account in the evaluation process.

Strengths

• High expectations of pupil behaviour
• Pupils show respect for each other's views
• Strong emphasis on reading and vocabulary development
• Effective support for SEND pupils
• Ambitious wider curriculum that excites pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum delivery sometimes does not match school ambitions
• Lack of clear assessment systems in some subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Begbrook Primary Academy attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Begbrook Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Begbrook Primary Academy had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.5% of pupils at Begbrook Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Begbrook Primary Academy received £6,803 and spent £7,143 for each of its 506 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £295,000 (£584 per pupil).

Across all 33 schools of Cabot Learning Federation, income was £8,647 and spending £8,763 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Begbrook Primary Academy is part of Cabot Learning Federation, which runs 34 schools. The nearest others:

• Bristol Metropolitan Academy Bristol
• Frome Vale Academy Bristol
• Wallscourt Farm Academy Bristol
• Minerva Primary Academy Bristol
• Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol
• Summerhill Academy Bristol
• Evergreen Primary Academy Bristol
• The City Academy Bristol Bristol
• John Cabot Academy Bristol
• King's Oak Academy Bristol

What is Begbrook Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Begbrook Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Begbrook Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Begbrook Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Begbrook Primary Academy have?

Begbrook Primary Academy has 462 pupils on roll.

What age range does Begbrook Primary Academy cover?

Begbrook Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Begbrook Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Begbrook Primary Academy?

Begbrook Primary Academy is at Begbrook Drive, Stapleton, Bristol, BS16 1HG.