Secondary
John Cabot Academy
Woodside Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 8BD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1244 of 1400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 99.2
- Pupils per adult
- 12.9
- Pupils
- 1,277
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
60%
13 points above the Bristol average (47% across 40 schools)
52.1
4.8 above the Bristol average (47.3 across 40 schools)
2nd of 40 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bristol we can score - 44 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.22 |
| Entered the EBacc | 9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.61 |
| A level students | 87 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61% |
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 61% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.3 |
| 22/23 | 26.4 |
| 23/24 | 26.3 |
| 24/25 | 28.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.46 |
| 22/23 | +0.23 |
| 23/24 | +0.44 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.4 |
| 22/23 | 47.9 |
| 23/24 | 50.8 |
| 24/25 | 52.1 |
Woodside Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 8BD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
South Gloucestershire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Kate Willis
- Address
- Woodside Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 8BD
- Telephone
- 01179763000