Compass Point Primary School

Compass Point Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' status across all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school, which converted to an academy in 2019, has created a supportive community atmosphere where staff aim to make every pupil feel valued and included. With a strong emphasis on personal development and an ambition to help pupils flourish, parents express positive feedback about the school's 'family' feel and commitment to student well-being. The curriculum is well-structured and sequenced, facilitating strong progress in literacy and mathematics. Teachers utilize effective assessment methods to support pupil learning, particularly benefiting those with special educational needs and disabilities. However, the school does face challenges with pupil attendance, as some students are not attending regularly enough to achieve their full potential. Overall, the school has set a solid foundation for improvement and is actively addressing the attendance issue to further enhance student outcomes.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils
• Strong community and supportive atmosphere
• Effective assessment practices to enhance student learning
• Well-organized curriculum preparing students for future stages
• Strong emphasis on personal development and well-being
• Positive feedback from parents about the school

Areas for Improvement

• Low attendance of some pupils impacting their learning progress

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 Compass Point Primary School attended 89.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 29.9% 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 Compass Point 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 Compass Point Primary School had 13.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.4% 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, 25.8% of pupils at Compass Point Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 19.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 32 pupils.

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 Compass Point Primary School received £11,165 and spent £11,546 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £111,000 (£506 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Excalibur Academies Trust, income was £7,945 and spending £8,027 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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Compass Point Primary School is part of Excalibur Academies Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Luckwell Primary School Bristol
• Ashton Vale Primary School Bristol
• Ashton Park School Bristol
• Cabot Primary School Bristol
• Redland Green School Bristol
• Fairfield High School Bristol
• May Park Primary School Bristol
• Oare Church of England Primary School Marlborough
• St John's Marlborough Marlborough
• Nythe Primary School Swindon

What is Compass Point Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Compass Point Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Compass Point Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Compass Point Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Compass Point Primary School have?

Compass Point Primary School has 194 pupils on roll.

What age range does Compass Point Primary School cover?

Compass Point Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Compass Point Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Compass Point Primary School?

Compass Point Primary School is at South Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 3AU.