Hannah More Primary School
New Kingsley Road, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0LT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Kevin Hawkins
- Constituency
- Bristol East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 109110
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01179039936
About this school
Hannah More Primary School is a community primary school in Bristol. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 206 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 38 | 43 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 40% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 5% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 58% | 36% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 60% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 56% | 39% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Hannah More 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 | 47% | 51.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 52.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 55.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 247 |
| 2024/25 | 223 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hannah More Primary School compares
Hannah More Primary School ranked 87th of 92 primary schools in Bristol, City of for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 8.8% | 49.8% | 206 | — |
| St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School | 33% | 6.8% | 65.9% | 125 | 0.4 miles |
| Easton CofE Primary School | 52% | 7% | 58.9% | 386 | 0.5 miles |
| E-Act Barton Hill Academy | 56% | 5.6% | 80.9% | 275 | 0.6 miles |
| Cabot Primary School | 48% | 6.3% | 51.8% | 197 | 0.6 miles |
| Willow Park CofE Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.78%
- English as an additional language
- 74.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.77%
- Persistent absence
- 29.91%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Easton CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bristol
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E-Act Barton Hill Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Cabot Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Willow Park CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
Hannah More Primary School ranks 192nd 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 Hannah More Primary School teach?
- Hannah More Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bristol.
- Who is the head teacher of Hannah More Primary School?
- The head teacher of Hannah More Primary School is Mr Kevin Hawkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hannah More Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hannah More 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 Hannah More Primary School?
- Hannah More Primary School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Hannah More Primary School full?
- Hannah More Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 206 on roll (86%), 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 Hannah More Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hannah More Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hannah More Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hannah More Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hannah More Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hannah More Primary School rank locally?
- Hannah More Primary School ranked 87th of 92 primary schools in Bristol, City of for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hannah More Primary School's absence rate?
- Hannah More Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hannah More Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hannah More 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.