Kingsweston School
Napier Miles Road, Kingsweston, Bristol, BS11 0UT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Richards
- Federation
- Claremont & Kingsweston Schools Federation
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bristol North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 109386
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Telephone
- 01179030400
About this school
Kingsweston School is a community special school in Bristol. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 179 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 20 | 15 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 93.0 | - | 92.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 86.0 | 92.0 | 87.0 |
| Reading progress | -9.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -8.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.90 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 18 | 15 |
| Attainment 8 score | 13.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.90 -1.73 to -0.06 | -1.29 -2.00 to -0.57 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 5.6% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 27% | 5.6% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Kingsweston 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 | 0% | 51.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 52.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 55.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Bristol, City of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.7 | 36.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 2.6 | 34.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.9 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 169 |
| 2023/24 | 175 |
| 2024/25 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report21 May 2025
- 4 March 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.94%
- English as an additional language
- 20.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.23%
- Persistent absence
- 31.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
North Star 240°0.3 miles
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Free Schools · Bristol
-
Grace Garden School1.1 miles
Special schools
-
North Star 82°1.5 miles
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-
Badminton School1.8 miles
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- Bristol Hospital Education Service Local authority maintained schools
- Castlefell School Special schools
- Claremont School Special schools
- Culverhill School Academies
- E-Act Venturers' Academy Free Schools
- Elmfield School for Deaf Children Special schools
- Elmtree Grove School Ltd Special schools
- Knowle DGE Academy Academies
- Lansdown Park Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Kingsweston School teach?
- Kingsweston School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Bristol.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsweston School?
- The headteacher of Kingsweston School is Mrs Emma Richards, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kingsweston School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsweston 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 Kingsweston School?
- Kingsweston School has 179 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Kingsweston School a faith school?
- No. Kingsweston School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Kingsweston School?
- Kingsweston School is part of the Claremont & Kingsweston Schools Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Kingsweston School have?
- The schools register lists Kingsweston School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Kingsweston School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Kingsweston School's absence rate?
- Kingsweston School's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsweston School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsweston 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.