Bradley Stoke Community School, Bristol

In 2026, pupils at Bradley Stoke Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.3 in South Gloucestershire and 47 across England.

58% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in South Gloucestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 50.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.34: 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 36.9, against 55.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.5 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 150 families put Bradley Stoke Community School as their first choice and 423 named it as one of their preferences, for 150 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bradley Stoke Community School are Patchway Community School (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.9); Abbeywood Community School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); Winterbourne Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.6); and South Gloucestershire Hospital Home Teaching Service (2.8 miles).

Bradley Stoke Community School's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Bradley Stoke 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.

Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 128 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 38% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 29.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (56%), Asian (13%) and Chinese (8%).

The nearest railway station is Patchway Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Willow Brook (s-bound), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bradley Stoke Community School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bradley Stoke Community School issued 148 suspensions, 10.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bradley Stoke Community School are Meadowbrook Primary School (0.2 miles), Bowsland Green Primary School (0.4 miles), Wheatfield Primary School (0.4 miles) and Stoke Lodge Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.