Lansdown Park Academy, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 12 May 2026 inspection grades Lansdown Park Academy on 6 areas: 4 exceptional and 2 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Exceptional. "For many pupils, this is the first time they have successfully engaged with education."

Attendance and behaviour - Exceptional. "Leaders place a firm priority on attendance."

Inclusion - Exceptional. "Staff's belief in all pupils' potential transforms pupils' feeling of self-worth."

Leadership and governance - Exceptional. "Leaders at all levels know the school exceptionally well."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The curriculum is broad, ambitious and sequenced thoughtfully."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have an incisive understanding of pupils' needs."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to ensure that teachers provide pupils with plentiful opportunities to develop oracy and apply their knowledge of vocabulary".

In its own words: "Lansdown Park Academy wants to see a world where every child is valued for who they are, inspired to realise their potential and empowered to achieve their dreams."

Across Bristol, City of, 84% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Bristol, City of lodged 205 appeals against secondary school offers; 153 reached a hearing and 43 succeeded (28.1% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lansdown Park Academy are St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Oasis Academy Brislington (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.6); Oasis Academy John Williams (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); and Lift Broadlands (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8).

Lansdown Park Academy is one of 36 schools run by Cabot Learning Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.5 in 2024/25.

71.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 7 pupils (100%) received SEN support and 0 (0%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Keynsham Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Battson Road (outside), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 92 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bristol, City of (417).

The primary schools closest to Lansdown Park Academy are Waycroft Academy (0.3 miles), Woodlands Academy (0.4 miles), Whitchurch Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.