Upper Horfield Primary School
Upper Horfield Community School & Early Years, Sheridan Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 0PU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Tim Seddon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bristol North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 185
- URN
- 108970
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01179031281
About this school
Upper Horfield Primary School is a community primary school in Bristol. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 185 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 25 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 72% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 84% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 88% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 76% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Upper Horfield Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bristol, City of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 51.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 52.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 55.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 192 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 182 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Upper Horfield Primary School compares
Upper Horfield Primary School ranked 51st of 92 primary schools in Bristol, City of for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.9% | 30.8% | 185 | — |
| Shield Road Primary School | 38% | 6.6% | 25% | 181 | 0.4 miles |
| Charborough Road Primary School | 45% | 6.5% | 15.7% | 254 | 0.5 miles |
| Filton Avenue Primary School | 65% | 7.6% | 39.1% | 568 | 0.5 miles |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | 67% | 4.5% | 12.9% | 209 | 0.6 miles |
| Fonthill Primary Academy | 47% | 8.6% | 40.8% | 221 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 20 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.77%
- English as an additional language
- 58.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.93%
- Persistent absence
- 16.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shield Road Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Charborough Road Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Filton Avenue Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Fonthill Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
Upper Horfield Primary School ranks 122nd of the 198 ranked primary schools in Bristol.
- Abbotswood Primary School Primary
- Air Balloon Hill Primary School Primary
- Ashley Down Primary School Primary
- Ashton Gate Primary School Primary
- Ashton Vale Primary School Primary
- Avanti Gardens School Primary
- Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Backwell Church of England Junior School Primary
- Badocks Wood E-ACT Academy Primary
- Bailey's Court Primary School Primary
- Barley Close Community Primary School Primary
- Barrs Court Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Upper Horfield Primary School teach?
- Upper Horfield Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Bristol.
- Who is the headteacher of Upper Horfield Primary School?
- The headteacher of Upper Horfield Primary School is Mr Tim Seddon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Upper Horfield Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Upper Horfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Upper Horfield Primary School?
- Upper Horfield Primary School has 185 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Upper Horfield Primary School full?
- Upper Horfield Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 185 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Upper Horfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Upper Horfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Upper Horfield Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Upper Horfield Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Upper Horfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Upper Horfield Primary School rank locally?
- Upper Horfield Primary School ranked 51st of 92 primary schools in Bristol, City of for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Upper Horfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Upper Horfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Upper Horfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Upper Horfield Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.