Filton Avenue Primary School, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Filton Avenue Primary School on 7 areas: 1 exceptional, 4 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "Leaders have carefully considered how to use every aspect of school life to support pupils' wider development."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum clearly sets out the knowledge pupils need to learn."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have a detailed understanding of children's starting points."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a highly inclusive school culture."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a very detailed understanding of the quality of provision across all areas of school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils are typically well prepared for the next stage of their education."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of the reasons for pupils' absence."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further embed their high-quality work to reduce barriers to attendance so that the number of pupils who are absent from school too often continues to reduce"; "Leaders should further embed their work to improve the quality of writing of pupils of all ages so that they are able to produce consistently high-quality work that conveys their depth of knowledge across the curriculum".

In its own words: "The Filton Avenue vision is to provide all our young people with the knowledge and skills that they will need to thrive, not just in their local community but in the wider world as it really is, not as it once was."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, cricket, tennis, basketball, choir, Lego, gardening and art.

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

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 9.30am, an open day on Friday 13 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Saturday 21 November 2026 at 10.30am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at Filton Avenue Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Bristol, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (80% in reading, 71% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put Filton Avenue Primary School as their first choice and 110 named it as one of their preferences, for 61 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 Filton Avenue Primary School are Stoke Park Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 54% reading, 46% maths); Upper Horfield Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 79% reading, 89% maths); Ashley Down Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 84% maths); and Shield Road Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 52% reading, 59% maths).

Filton Avenue Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Filton Avenue Primary School is one of 21 schools run by Amplify Education, an academy trust.

149 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Filton Avenue Primary School (as of September 2026): 89% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 52% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (52%).

41.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 34.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (46%), Black (16%) and Asian (16%).

The nearest railway station is Ashley Down, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dorchester Road (sw-bound), 190 metres away.

In 2024/25, Filton Avenue Primary School issued 21 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Filton Avenue Primary School are Trinity Academy (0.5 miles), Orchard School Bristol (0.6 miles) and Abbeywood Community School (1.7 miles).