Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy

About Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy

Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2024, rated the school as Requires Improvement overall, a drop from its previous Good rating in 2017. Every category assessed — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged to require improvement. The most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2: 49 per cent. That is nine percentage points below the Bristol local authority average of 58 per cent, placing the school 61st out of 85 primary schools in the city and in the bottom half nationally. No pupils achieved the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined, though 25 per cent reached the higher standard in reading alone and 8 per cent in maths. The average reading score was 104 and the average maths score was 100.

The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. In writing, 59 per cent of pupils met the expected standard, and in maths 57 per cent did, both close to the combined figure. Reading was the strongest individual subject, with 65 per cent reaching the expected level. The school’s ranking score of 49 places it in the bottom 50 per cent of primary schools nationally. For context, the nearest outstanding-rated school is Bishop Road Primary School, 3.6 kilometres away. Bristol has nine outstanding primary schools out of 101 total, so competition for places at the highest-rated schools is stiff.

Redfield Educate Together is a state primary for children aged 4 to 11, with 314 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 66 applications for 26 places, a ratio of 2.54 applicants per place, and 20 first-preference offers were made. The school has a range of facilities including a sports hall, music rooms, a sensory room and a forest school. Clubs include film, gardening, drama, choir, coding and eco club, and sports on offer are cross country, gymnastics, rounders, netball, tennis and athletics. The school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. With 27.1 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively disadvantaged catchment. It may suit families who value its inclusive Educate Together ethos and who are comfortable with a school that is working to improve its academic outcomes.

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