Filton Avenue Primary School

Filton Avenue Primary School is a large, inclusive primary school that is performing well overall. Inspectors found exceptional personal development and wellbeing, with pupils’ oracy a standout feature that builds confidence, articulacy and a sense of wonder. Pupils benefit from extensive enrichment, strong pastoral support and a wide range of leadership roles, and they are happy, safe and very well prepared for life in modern Britain. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Exceptional personal development and wellbeing, with oracy woven through all aspects of school life
• A rich, well-structured PSHE and relationships curriculum adapted to the local context
• Extensive enrichment, visits and clubs that broaden pupils’ aspirations and interests
• Strong pastoral support with swift identification and effective help for pupils who need it
• An ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum with clear vocabulary and secure progression
• Teachers check understanding well and adapt teaching so misconceptions are corrected swiftly
• Strong early years provision with rapid language development and confident early reading
• A highly inclusive culture with effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils
• Effective leadership and governance with rigorous self-evaluation and positive change
• Staff feel well supported and are proud to work at the school
• Pupils behave excellently, are respectful and show very positive attitudes to learning
• Pupils are well prepared for the next stage and achieve broadly in line with or above national averages

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils still do not attend school well enough, and persistent absence remains above the national average
• Improvements to the quality of pupils’ writing are not yet consistently embedded across all year groups
• Some pupils’ written work does not fully reflect the depth of knowledge they demonstrate across the curriculum

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 Filton Avenue Primary School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.7% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Filton Avenue Primary School 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 Filton Avenue Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.7% 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, 18.7% of pupils at Filton Avenue Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Filton Avenue Primary School received £7,640 and spent £7,708 for each of its 570 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £474,000 (£832 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Amplify Education, income was £8,102 and spending £8,050 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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Filton Avenue Primary School is part of Amplify Education, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Stoke Park Primary School Bristol
• Trinity Academy Bristol
• Orchard School Bristol Bristol
• Fonthill Primary Academy Bristol
• Henleaze Junior School Bristol
• Henleaze Infant School Bristol
• St Werburgh's Primary School Bristol
• Little Mead Primary Academy Bristol
• Charlton Wood Primary Academy Bristol
• Henbury Court Primary Academy Bristol

What is Filton Avenue Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Filton Avenue Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Filton Avenue Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Filton Avenue Primary School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Filton Avenue Primary School have?

Filton Avenue Primary School has 568 pupils on roll.

What age range does Filton Avenue Primary School cover?

Filton Avenue Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Filton Avenue Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Filton Avenue Primary School?

Filton Avenue Primary School is at Lockleaze Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9RP.