Primary
Frome Vale Academy
Frenchay Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 2QS
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 203 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 16.1
- Pupils per adult
- 12.6
- Pupils
- 202
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 teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
January 2022
Previous framework
Outstanding
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
February 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
57%
5 points below the Bristol average (62% across 194 schools)
106.0
0.6 above the Bristol average (105.4 across 194 schools)
133rd of 194 by our score, among the primary schools in Bristol we can score - 221 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 |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 57% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 82% |
| 23/24 | 83% |
| 24/25 | 57% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Frenchay Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 2QS
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 15 January, 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
- Janet Saunders
- Address
- Frenchay Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 2QS
- Telephone
- 01173532902