Northleaze Church of England Primary School, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Northleaze Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils are ready for their next steps in education."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Rates of pupil absence and persistent absence are significantly below the national average."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the school's curriculum strengths and areas for development."

Early years - Expected standard. "Staff are caring and know children's individual needs well."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders typically identify pupils' needs quickly and accurately."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have stabilised the school following a period of change."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from an appropriate personal development programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should raise pupils' achievement further by ensuring that teaching consistently checks, and builds on, what pupils already know and can do"; "Leaders should ensure that staff consistently make effective adaptations for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, so that these pupils achieve and thrive".

In its own words: "We are a vibrant, one-form entry school for children aged 3 to 11, proudly part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership Trust. At Northleaze, we foster a strong ethos of respect, inclusion, and a shared commitment to being the very best we can be. Our guiding motto, "Let your light shine" (Matthew 5:16), is at the heart of everything we do."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils at Northleaze Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 92% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in North Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (96% in reading, 92% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 11 families put Northleaze Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 65 named it as one of their preferences, for 11 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Northleaze Church of England Primary School are Birdwell Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 92% reading, 89% maths); Ashton Vale Primary School (1.1 miles, Requires improvement, 83% reading, 74% maths); Cheddar Grove Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 82% maths); and St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC) (1.6 miles, Good, 88% reading, 86% maths).

Northleaze Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Northleaze Church of England 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.

1.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (83%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 8 pupils (4.3%) received SEN support and 7 (3.7%) 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.

Northleaze Church of England Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Parson Street Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Theynes Croft (sw-bound), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Northleaze Church of England Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 38 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in North Somerset (76).

In 2024/25, Northleaze Church of England Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 3.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Northleaze Church of England Primary School are Ashton Park School (1.1 miles) and Bedminster Down School (1.4 miles).