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Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Jonathan Arthur

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location_onBristol, BS4 1BX

language Visit Website phone 1179030261

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

305

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Expected Standard

38%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Bristol, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 93% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy is an academy sponsor led in Bristol, Bristol, City of, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of E-ACT. The school has approximately 277 pupils on roll, of whom 61% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #83 of 91 primaries in Bristol, City of and #12,570 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were 2 permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 6.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

38%

LA 55%

Reading49% LA 69%

Writing62% LA 64%

Maths49% LA 67%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 53%England 61%

Reading43% LA 67% · Eng 74%

Writing50% LA 63% · Eng 72%

Maths48% LA 64% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

16%

LA 51%England 60%

Reading23% LA 66% · Eng 73%

Writing52% LA 62% · Eng 71%

Maths32% LA 63% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-8.2

Read

LA -0.6

-10.1 to -6.3

-4.0

Write

LA -1.1

-5.8 to -2.2

-7.1

Maths

LA -1.2

-8.9 to -5.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

68%

LA 61%England 65%

Reading68% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing84% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths88% LA 74% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA 0.1

-1.9 to 3.1

1.6

Write

LA 0.1

-0.7 to 3.9

2.4

Maths

LA -0.1

0.3 to 4.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 58%

Reading69% LA 69%

Writing95% LA 72%

Maths93% LA 69%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA -0.3

-0.9 to 2.9

5.6

Write

LA 0.2

3.8 to 7.4

4.3

Maths

LA -0.3

2.6 to 6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

11 March 2025

Inspection Report

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15 October 2020

Inspection Report

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25 June 2019

Inspection Report

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17 October 2018

Inspection Report

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29 January 2014

Inspection Report

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10 October 2012

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2025-03-11

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2019-06-25

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2018-10-17

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2014-01-29

None Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

8.7%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

3.6%(10 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 277 pupils. During this period, there were 24 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 8.7%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	277	24	8.7%	0.8%	1
2024/25 (Autumn term)	278	11	4.0%	0.9%	1
2023/24 (Summer term)	299	5	1.7%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	305	4	1.3%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	306	6	2.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	310	20	6.5%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	305	46	15.1%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	311	36	11.6%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	313	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	313	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	317	3	0.9%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	315	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	320	5	1.6%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	325	3	0.9%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	322	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	322	2	0.6%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	326	1	0.3%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	303	1	0.3%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	311	7	2.3%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	310	3	1.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	303	9	3.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	308	5	1.6%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	317	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	286	14	4.9%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	284	7	2.5%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	282	8	2.8%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 35 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 20 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 9 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Visual Impairment 2 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils