Secondary
Bristol Free School
Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1304 of 1090 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- RUSSELL EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 89.9
- Pupils per adult
- 14.2
- 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 March 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
March 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
66%
19 points above the Bristol average (47% across 40 schools)
56.3
9.0 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 | 56.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.18 |
| Entered the EBacc | 48% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| A level average points per entry | 39.46 |
| A level students | 135 |
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 | 55% |
| 22/23 | 65% |
| 23/24 | 66% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.3 |
| 22/23 | 34.6 |
| 23/24 | 37.2 |
| 24/25 | 39.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.14 |
| 22/23 | +0.33 |
| 23/24 | +0.43 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.8 |
| 22/23 | 57.8 |
| 23/24 | 58.0 |
| 24/25 | 56.3 |
Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
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.
Bristol, City of 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
- Headteacher
- Susan King
- Address
- Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
- Telephone
- 01179597200