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Easton CofE Primary School, Bristol

Good
Primary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Church of England
Ages 3–11

Easton CofE Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Bristol, part of Lighthouse Schools Partnership. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 178th-highest of the 198 schools in Bristol with published results, and 13,208th of 14,452 across England. It was 53% full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Good (2019)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Bristol, City of (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Easton CofE Primary School in detail

Easton CofE Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "‘Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.’ (Micah 6 verse 8) This means be fair, be kind, listen to God and other people. Each term we have a value of the term. These help us learn to be a community."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Easton CE Primary is a fully inclusive school situated on the door step of Bristol’s city centre and is at the heart of a dynamic and vibrant community."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils at Easton CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 58% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Bristol, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 60% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Easton CofE Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 39 families put Easton CofE Primary School as their first choice and 75 named it as one of their preferences, for 40 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Easton CofE Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Easton CofE Primary School are St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, 48% reading, 57% maths); Cabot Primary School (0.4 miles, 70% reading, 70% maths); E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 68% reading, 70% maths); and Evergreen Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 89% reading, 89% maths).

Easton CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary SchoolCabot Primary SchoolE-ACT Bannerman Road Community AcademyEvergreen Primary Academy

The trust

Easton CofE Primary School is one of 34 schools run by Lighthouse Schools Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 34 schools in Lighthouse Schools Partnership

What parents say

11 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Easton CofE Primary School (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

Who goes there

55.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 87% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (64%) and Asian (22%).

Easton CofE Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Staffing

Easton CofE Primary School had 28 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

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

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Thrissell Street (sw-bound), 100 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Easton CofE Primary School 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 1457 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.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Easton CofE Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Easton CofE Primary School are The City Academy Bristol (0.5 miles), E-ACT Montpelier High School (0.9 miles), Fairfield High School (1.1 miles) and St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (1.1 miles).

The City Academy BristolE-ACT Montpelier High SchoolFairfield High SchoolSt Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr David Kooyman
Pupils:386
LA:Bristol, City of
Phone:01173773070
Website:eceps.org.uk
Address:Beaufort Street, Easton, Bristol, BS5 0SQ
Trust:LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP (34 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2014

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from November 2019, 6 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Requires Improvement

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 29 April 2025View full report
URN:141110
UKPRN:10046547
Diocese:Diocese of Bristol
Constituency:Bristol East
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Easton CofE Primary School creates a welcoming, inclusive community where pupils feel safe and valued. The school has strong pastoral support and well-behaved pupils who show respect and kindness to each other. Staff are particularly skilled at supporting children learning English as an additional language and those with special educational needs.

Key Strengths

  • Strong pastoral support helps pupils settle and manage challenges
  • Pupils behave well with respect and kindness towards each other
  • Effective phonics teaching and children's love of reading
  • Early years provision is good and pupils are well prepared for their next steps
  • Staff effectively support pupils with SEND and those learning English as an additional language

Areas for Improvement

  • Pupils' written work does not consistently show what they know and can do
  • Curriculum changes are not yet embedded and curriculum is not broad enough
  • Too many pupils beyond early years cannot read well enough
  • Assessment checks on learning are not made consistently
  • School has been too slow to take action to improve the curriculum

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective with robust systems in place to keep pupils safe.

Extracurricular Activities

University partnerships to raise aspirations, trips and visitor programmes, reading activities focused on diverse representation

Easton CofE Primary School is a diverse, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and behave well, but the quality of education requires improvement as pupils are not achieving well enough in their written work and the curriculum is still being developed.

At a Glance

55.2%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

Resourced provision: Speech and language, Autism

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

11 responses
Would recommend82%
Child is happy91%
Child does well100%
High expectations73%
Feels safe100%
Well behaved100%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)50%
Kept informed100%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)60%
Wider development91%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-2ppMaths-10ppWriting-12pp

Reading has remained stable at around 58% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 68% to 58% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 72% to 60% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

22.3

Avg class size

23.7

Infant (KS1)

23.1

KS2

11

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Social & online

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Before and after school care

Easton CofE Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Bristol, City of

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Easton CofE Primary School.

  • Shine @ Easton PrimaryAt the school · Not yet graded
  • The Family Playcentre Wellspring Settlement780m away · Not yet graded
  • Progressive Kids Barton Hill980m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Easton CofE Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Bristol, City of's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Lawrence Hill Rail Station (Entrance)
634m · 10 min walk

Bus Stops

Thrissell Street (SW-bound)
101m · 2 min walk
Easton Road (NE-bound)
152m · 2 min walk
Armoury Square (SW-bound)
164m · 3 min walk
Lawrence Hill Depot (SW-bound)
266m · 4 min walk
Croydon Street (W-bound)
339m · 6 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
118
Fatal
0
Serious
26
Children hurt
7

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 118 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 26 serious and 92 slight.

7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.

17 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Bristol, City of is 27 (the median across 175 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

53%

Available places

336 pupils

630 places

294 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Bristol

Low pressure
New homes approved:15,069
Projected new pupils:3,767

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Bristol

Across Bristol, City of council

Low demand council-wide0.82 applications per place

Places available

5,210

Applications

4,287

Got 1st preference

92.0%

Got preferred school

99.1%

All primary applications across Bristol, City of council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(3)

29 April 2025
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
Early YearsGood
27 November 2019
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
12 July 2017
Requires ImprovementReport
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

53

SEN Support

21

EHC Plans

19.2%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Easton CofE Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication42
Autistic Spectrum Disorder13
Social, Emotional & Mental Health8
Specific Learning Difficulty6
Moderate Learning Difficulty3
Hearing Impairment1
Visual Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
1.3%
Asian
22.2%
Black
64.1%
Mixed
3.6%
Other
3.6%
Unclassified
2.8%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals55.2%
English as Additional Language87.0%

386

Total Pupils

192

Boys

194

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

28

Teachers

13.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£50,471

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,640

Per pupil

£2744k

Total funding

£301k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£515,940
EAL funding£122,697
Lump sum£150,994

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.0%

Overall absence

22.4%

Persistent absence

335

Enrolments

Authorised5.0%
Unauthorised1.9%
Persistent (10%+)22.4%
Severe (50%+)1.5%

Absence trend

5.3%
18/19
7.3%
20/21
8.2%
21/22
8.8%
22/23
7.6%
23/24
7.0%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Easton CofE Primary School

What are SATs results like at Easton CofE Primary School?

Of the pupils at Easton CofE Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 58% reached the expected standard in reading and 58% did so in maths.

What is Easton CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Easton CofE Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in November 2019, it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Easton CofE Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Easton CofE Primary School is oversubscribed, Bristol, City of allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Easton CofE Primary School?

Easton CofE Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 53% of its 630 places.

How big are the classes at Easton CofE Primary School?

Classes at Easton CofE Primary School average 22.3 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Easton CofE Primary School?

Easton CofE Primary School has around 386 pupils on roll. 55% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Easton CofE Primary School have specialist SEN provision?

Easton CofE Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

What is attendance like at Easton CofE Primary School?

7% of sessions were missed at Easton CofE Primary School in 2024/25. 22.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Easton CofE Primary School?

Apply through Bristol, City of's coordinated admissions process, naming Easton CofE Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Easton CofE Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Easton CofE Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Shine @ Easton Primary (registered, not yet graded). There are 2 more within a kilometre.

How many road collisions happen near Easton CofE Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 118 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 26 serious and 92 slight. 7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 17 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bristol, City of is 27 (the median across 175 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Easton CofE Primary School?

Easton CofE Primary School is at Beaufort Street, Easton, Bristol, Bristol, BS5 0SQ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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