Secondary
Patchway Community School
Hempton Lane, Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 854 of 1080 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE OLYMPUS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 67.6
- Pupils per adult
- 13.7
- Pupils
- 924
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 December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
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
February 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
27%
17 points below the South Gloucestershire average (44% across 14 schools)
37.0
8.6 below the South Gloucestershire average (45.6 across 14 schools)
13th of 14 by our score, among the secondary schools in South Gloucestershire we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.14 |
| Entered the EBacc | 16% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
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 | 27% |
| 22/23 | 24% |
| 23/24 | 25% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 20.9 |
| 22/23 | 24.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.34 |
| 22/23 | -0.52 |
| 23/24 | -0.73 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.8 |
| 22/23 | 35.0 |
| 23/24 | 33.7 |
| 24/25 | 37.0 |
Hempton Lane, Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
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
- Headteacher
- Steve Kneller
- Address
- Hempton Lane, Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
- Telephone
- 01454862020