Community special school

Elmfield School for Deaf Children

Mixed · ages 2–16Bristol, City of, South West · Bristol BS7 0PUSchool website
Pupils on roll
53of 76 places
Free school meals
35.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
5
Ofsted
School remains Good, 11 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 7 pupils who finished Year 11 at Elmfield School for Deaf Children in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bristol, City of and England.

This school
Bristol, City of
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolBristol, City ofEngland
Pupils in the cohort74,008607,348
Any sustained destination86%90%92%
Stayed in education86%84%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%12%13%
— further education college43%30%37%
— other education43%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown14%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Photography360%6%19%
Combined Science240%65%9%
Computer Science120%13%30%
English Language120%89%20%
English Literature120%86%21%
Mathematics120%88%22%

Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of

Ashton Park School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8

Blaise High School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 914 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Bristol Brunel Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.