E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy, Bristol

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is my great pleasure to welcome you to E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy, a vibrant and inclusive primary school at the heart of Easton, Bristol. At Bannerman Road, we believe in the power of community, creativity, and ambition. Our school is a place where every child is valued, every voice is heard, and every potential is nurtured."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care until 5:00pm, from £2.50 per day.

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Bristol, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 64% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 48 families put E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy as their first choice and 95 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy are Evergreen Primary Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 89% reading, 89% maths); Whitehall Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 65% maths); Easton CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 58% reading, 58% maths); and St Werburgh's Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 70% reading, 74% maths).

E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy is one of 37 schools run by E-Act, an academy trust.

53.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 77.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (34%), Black (33%) and Mixed (11%).

The nearest railway station is Stapleton Road Rail Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kilburn Street (w-bound), 300 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 1012 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bristol, City of (417), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy issued 17 suspensions, 4.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy are The City Academy Bristol (0.3 miles) and Fairfield High School (0.8 miles).