Ashton Park School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Academy sponsor led
The City Academy Bristol
- Pupils on roll
- 977of 975 places
- Free school meals
- 47.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 174
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 27 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The City Academy Bristol (URN 134221, until 1 June 2016).
What the data says
Of the 213 pupils who finished Year 11 at The City Academy Bristol in 2023, 41% stayed on in The City Academy Bristol’s own sixth form (Bristol, City of average 40%), 30% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.5 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Bristol, City of, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 1% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The City Academy Bristol | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 213 | 4,008 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 41% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 30% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The City Academy Bristol | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.5 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 49% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.1 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.7 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 47% | 20% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 173 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 55% |
| Mathematics | 172 | 99% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 60% |
| English Literature | 157 | 90% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 61% |
| Combined Science | 151 | 87% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 43% |
| History | 110 | 63% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 35% |
| Business Studies | 87 | 50% | 18% | 1% | 20% | 38% |
| Religious Studies | 82 | 47% | 31% | 15% | 32% | 54% |
| Geography | 52 | 30% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 54% |
| Spanish | 42 | 24% | 19% | 17% | 27% | 36% |
| Computer Science | 39 | 22% | 13% | 18% | 30% | 56% |
| Photography | 36 | 21% | 6% | 11% | 19% | 67% |
| Art and Design | 23 | 13% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 48% |
| Psychology | 23 | 13% | 3% | 13% | 22% | 52% |
| Physical Education | 22 | 13% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 18% |
| Chemistry | 20 | 11% | 23% | 35% | 47% | 95% |
| Physics | 20 | 11% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 90% |
| Biology | 20 | 11% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 95% |
| Design and Technology | 17 | 10% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 29% |
| Drama | 8 | 5% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| Urdu | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| French | 3 | 2% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Bengali | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| Punjabi | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Textiles | 1 | 1% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of
Bedminster Down School
Academy converter · 1,022 pupils
66% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Blaise High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 914 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0
Bridge Learning Campus
Academy sponsor led · 1,202 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.6
Bristol Brunel Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,192 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.6
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.