All-through school in Bristol, Bristol, City of
E-Act Merchants' Academy
Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AJ
Ofsted
Graded Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.
Progress 8 2023/24
No Progress 8 score published for this school.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1018
- Places
- 1410
- How full
- 72% full — 1018 of 1410 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 520 / 498
- Overall absence
- 15%
- Persistently absent
- 43%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 67%
- English as an additional language
- 15%
- With an EHC plan
- 6%
- On SEN support
- 23%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bristol 048A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 17%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 29%
- Households owning their home
- 34%
- Households in social housing
- 56%
- Households with no car
- 35%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- Ages 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- E-ACT
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Fiona Chapman - Secondary Sarah Flannigan - Primary
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward
- Hartcliffe and Withywood
- Constituency
- Bristol South
- URN
- 151302
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest all-through schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedminster Down SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 41.7 | 0.8 mi |
| Bridge Learning CampusAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 34.6 | 1 mi |
| Oasis Academy Daventry RoadFree schools | No grade | — | 1.9 mi |
| Oasis Academy John WilliamsAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 46.9 | 2.1 mi |
| Ashton Park SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 45.8 | 2.2 mi |
| St Bernadette Catholic Secondary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 44.5 | 2.2 mi |
| LPW Independent SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 2.5 mi |
| Oasis Academy Temple QuarterFree schools | No grade | — | 2.6 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| The Charter School BermondseyFree schools | Good 2022 | 40.9 |
| Jewellery Quarter AcademyFree schools | No grade | 35.2 |
| Starbank SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 49 |
| E-ACT Shenley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 31.6 |
| Hartsdown AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 32.1 |
| Studio WestStudio schools | No grade | 30.9 |
| Mulberry UTCUniversity technical college | No grade | 30.3 |
| The East Manchester AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 41.9 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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