Patchway Community School, Almondsbury

In 2026, pupils at Patchway Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.3 in South Gloucestershire and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in South Gloucestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 37 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.73: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 31.1, against 43.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 93 families put Patchway Community School as their first choice and 155 named it as one of their preferences, for 114 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 secondary schools to Patchway Community School are Bradley Stoke Community School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 52.3); Abbeywood Community School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); Winterbourne Academy (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.6); and Orchard School Bristol (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Patchway Community School.

Patchway Community School is one of 10 schools run by The Olympus Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2 in 2024/25.

68 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Patchway Community School (as of September 2025): 77% would recommend the school, 79% say their child is happy there and 64% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (64%).

Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 61% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 31 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 32% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 32% into work.

The nearest railway station is Patchway Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hempton Lane (n-bound), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Patchway Community School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 200 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 South Gloucestershire (116), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Patchway Community School issued 190 suspensions, 20 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Patchway Community School are St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Holy Trinity Primary School (0.5 miles), Holy Family Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and Stoke Lodge Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.