Little Mead Primary Academy, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades Little Mead Primary Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 4 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school identifies pupils' needs systematically, for example by checking speech and language development during the early years."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have strengthened the curriculum since the previous inspection."

Early years - Expected standard. "There is a strong emphasis on language development in the early years."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school joined the trust shortly after the previous inspection, which identified a number of weaknesses."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school day and the curriculum are full of rich opportunities for personal development."

Achievement - Needs attention. "In recent years, pupils have not achieved as well as they should."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' attendance is below national averages."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that any teaching designed to help older pupils to close gaps in their knowledge, so that they achieve at least as well as their national peers, is focused precisely on what individual pupils need"; "Leaders should continue to embed the new curriculum and associated teaching approaches so that children and pupils benefit from consistently effective teaching, both in the early years and across the rest of the school"; "Leaders should continue to further strengthen their work to secure sustained improvements in pupils' overall attendance"; "Leaders should develop pupils' understanding of the protected characteristics and equality even further, so that pupils' tolerant attitudes are underpinned by more detailed knowledge".

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils at Little Mead Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 54% 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 78% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 39 families put Little Mead Primary Academy as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 47 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 Little Mead Primary Academy are E-ACT Badock's Wood Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 66% reading, 72% maths); Brentry Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 72% reading, 83% maths); Fonthill Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 63% reading, 60% maths); and Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 74% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Little Mead Primary Academy.

Little Mead Primary Academy is one of 21 schools run by Amplify Education, an academy trust.

64 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Little Mead Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 78% would recommend the school, 73% say their child is happy there and 61% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (78%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (61%).

46.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Asian (26%) and Black (19%).

The nearest railway station is Bristol Brabazon Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Embleton Road (drt), 160 metres away.

In 2024/25, Little Mead Primary Academy issued 24 suspensions, 5.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Little Mead Primary Academy are Bristol Free School (0.4 miles), Blaise High School (1.1 miles) and Orchard School Bristol (1.2 miles).