Easton CofE Primary School

About Easton CofE Primary School

Easton CofE Primary School sits within the Bristol, City of local authority, a large urban area with 101 primary schools. Among these, it ranks 51st on the key stage 2 expected standard measure, placing it in the bottom half of the LA. The top-performing peers in the city are Summerhill Academy, Westbury Park School, and Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School, all of which score significantly higher on the same metric. Easton’s ranking puts it in the bottom 50 tier nationally, at the 70th percentile. The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 68 applications for 44 places and 41 first-preference offers made, suggesting strong local demand despite the middling rank. Its nearest Outstanding-rated school is Bishop Road Primary School, 2.6 km away. With 54.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, Easton serves a community with above-average disadvantage, and the school’s Church of England character adds a faith dimension to its identity.

Academically, Easton’s key stage 2 results for 2023/24 show 54% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, just below the LA average of 58%. In individual subjects, 60% met the expected standard in reading, 68% in maths, and 72% in writing. Higher-attaining pupils are scarce: only 6% achieved the higher standard in maths, 6% in reading, and 2% in writing. Average scores were 100 in reading and 101 in maths. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in April 2025 rated it Requires Improvement overall, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2019. The inspection judged quality of education and leadership and management as Requires Improvement, while early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes all held at Good. Parent View responses from 11 respondents are broadly positive: 82% would recommend the school, and 100% agreed or strongly agreed that their child feels safe and does well.

Easton offers a wide range of facilities including playing fields, a forest school, sports hall, gymnasium, art studios, ICT suite, library, and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, netball, gymnastics, dance, cross country, football, and cricket, while clubs include gardening, drama, art, science, chess, and book club. The school has a nursery for children from age 3. SEND support is extensive, with provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health, speech language and communication, hearing and visual impairment, autistic spectrum disorder, and a resourced provision. Parent feedback on SEND support was not available from the survey. The school is oversubscribed, so families applying should be aware that first-preference applications exactly matched the number of offers made. Easton suits families who value a Church of England primary with strong pastoral care, a broad extracurricular offer, and a commitment to inclusion, but who are comfortable with a school that is still working to improve its academic outcomes.

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