Prospect Education Trust, Bristol
Prospect Education Trust is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Bristol.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Prospect Education Trust in detail
Getting a place at Prospect Education Trust
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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Prospect Education Trust are Oasis Academy Temple Quarter (1.2 miles); Oasis Academy Daventry Road (1.3 miles); Oasis Academy Brislington (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.6); and The City Academy Bristol (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.5).
Oasis Academy Temple QuarterOasis Academy Daventry RoadOasis Academy BrislingtonThe City Academy Bristol
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bristol Temple Meads Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Repton Road (nw-bound), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Prospect Education Trust are Holymead Primary School (0.5 miles), Wicklea Academy (0.5 miles), St Anne's Infant School (0.5 miles) and Hillcrest Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Holymead Primary SchoolWicklea AcademySt Anne's Infant SchoolHillcrest Primary School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Prospect Education Trust
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 43
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 43 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 34 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Bristol, City of is 27 (the median across 175 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Bristol
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Bristol
Across Bristol, City of council
Places available
4,580
Applications
4,426
Got 1st preference
84.0%
Got preferred school
96.7%
All secondary applications across Bristol, City of council (2026/27), not just this school.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Prospect Education Trust
Showing 10 of 15 linked schools
Questions parents ask about Prospect Education Trust
What is the catchment area for Prospect Education Trust?
No fixed boundary. When Prospect Education Trust is oversubscribed, Bristol, City of allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Prospect Education Trust?
Apply through Bristol, City of's coordinated admissions process, naming Prospect Education Trust on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
How many road collisions happen near Prospect Education Trust?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 43 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 34 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bristol, City of is 27 (the median across 175 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Prospect Education Trust?
Prospect Education Trust is at Tramway Road, Brislington, Bristol, BS4 3DS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)