Ashton Park School, Bristol

In 2026, pupils at Ashton Park School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46 in Bristol, City of; and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Bristol, City of; and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.31: pupils made above 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, against 54.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 22.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Art and Design, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 254 families put Ashton Park School as their first choice and 447 named it as one of their preferences, for 213 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 50 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Ashton Park School are Bedminster Down School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37); Bristol Cathedral Choir School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.5); St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.6); and Oasis Academy Temple Quarter (2 miles).

Ashton Park School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Ashton Park School is one of 20 schools run by Excalibur Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.8 in 2024/25.

Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 22% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 81 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 26% went on to university or other higher education, 11% to apprenticeships and 43% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 146 pupils (11.5%) received SEN support and 79 (6.2%) 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.

Ashton Park School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 30 places, 29 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Parson Street Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blackmoors Lane (se-bound), 280 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 163 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bristol, City of (417).

In 2024/25, Ashton Park School issued 226 suspensions, 18.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Ashton Park School are Ashton Vale Primary School (0.5 miles), Ashton Gate Primary School (0.7 miles), Luckwell Primary School (0.8 miles) and Hotwells Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.