Abbeywood Community School, Bristol

In its own words: "The school vision drives all that we seek to do on a daily basis and is therefore of central importance to help guide us in how we work, learn and treat one another in our school community. Everyone is welcome! Do you have the know how or the experience of fund raising?"

Coming up: an admissions event on Tuesday 3 November 2026 and an open evening on Tuesday 3 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Abbeywood Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.3 in South Gloucestershire and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in South Gloucestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 46 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.04: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 32.4, against 51.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 244 families put Abbeywood Community School as their first choice and 493 named it as one of their preferences, for 223 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 25 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Abbeywood Community School are South Gloucestershire Hospital Home Teaching Service (1.5 miles); Orchard School Bristol (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5); Bradley Stoke Community School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.3); and Trinity Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4).

Abbeywood Community School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Abbeywood Community School is one of 10 schools run by The Olympus Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2 in 2024/25.

142 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Abbeywood Community School (as of September 2025): 69% would recommend the school, 68% say their child is happy there and 42% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (74%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (42%).

Of the 202 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 50% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 71 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 37% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 39% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 253 pupils (19.6%) received SEN support and 79 (6.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Abbeywood Community School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 19 places, 24 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bristol Parkway Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Abbeywood School (ne-bound), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Abbeywood Community School issued 152 suspensions, 12 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Abbeywood Community School are St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Gifford (0.5 miles); Filton Hill Primary School (0.7 miles); Little Stoke Primary School (0.9 miles); and Wallscourt Farm Academy (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.