Wallscourt Farm Academy, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Wallscourt Farm Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is a defining strength of the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils come into school ready to learn."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum has been shaped with curiosity and ambition at its core."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years experience a calm and welcoming start to school life."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leadership at Wallscourt Farm Academy is thoughtful and effective."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders take a thoughtful and well‑sequenced approach to pupils' wider development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that assessment, particularly for pupils working below age‑related expectations, is used consistently to guide teachers in selecting tasks that address gaps in knowledge, so that these pupils can produce higher-quality work in writing and across the curriculum".

In its own words: "At Wallscourt Farm Academy, we create ambitious young people who are culturally aware and who contribute to society and the lives of others as they become adults themselves. We value tolerance, understanding, mutual respect, unique individuality and celebrate the unity that this makes as we come together as One Learning Community ."

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 6pm, an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026 at 9.40am, an open day on Monday 16 November 2026 at 1.20pm and an open day on Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 9.40am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Wallscourt Farm Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 76% in South Gloucestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 89% in reading and 92% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Wallscourt Farm Academy as their first choice and 61 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 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 Wallscourt Farm Academy are Stoke Park Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 54% reading, 46% maths); Shield Road Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 52% reading, 59% maths); Upper Horfield Primary School (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, 79% reading, 89% maths); and Filton Avenue Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 76% reading, 71% maths).

Wallscourt Farm Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

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

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

In 2026, 64 pupils (16%) received SEN support and 10 (2.5%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Filton Abbey Wood Rail Station, about 810 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wallshut Wood (se-bound), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wallscourt Farm Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 8th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 256 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, Wallscourt Farm Academy issued 2 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Wallscourt Farm Academy are Trinity Academy (0.8 miles), Abbeywood Community School (1 mile), Orchard School Bristol (1.1 miles) and South Gloucestershire Hospital Home Teaching Service (1.2 miles).