Montpelier High School
Cheltenham Road, Bristol, BS6 5RD
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by E-Act Montpelier High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Head of School
- Ms Vanetta Spence
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Bristol Central
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 925
- Pupils on roll
- 906
- URN
- 135581
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
About this school
Montpelier High School was a girls' secondary academy in Bristol. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 906 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Montpelier High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2008, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 165 | 164 |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.5 | 57.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.41 +0.18 to +0.63 | +0.57 +0.35 to +0.79 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 65.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% | 84.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 61% | 52.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.4 | 5.3 |
Trends over time
How Montpelier High 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 | 57.5 | 36.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 57.2 | 34.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 931 |
| 2023/24 | 906 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Montpelier High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.7% | 27.8% | 906 | — |
| E-Act Montpelier High School | 57.3 | 8.3% | 32.1% | 859 | 0.0 miles |
| Cotham School | 51.8 | 9% | 39.1% | 1,654 | 0.5 miles |
| Redland Green School | 59 | 6.6% | 8.6% | 1,652 | 0.6 miles |
| Fairfield High School | 48.9 | 12.3% | 30.9% | 1,057 | 0.9 miles |
| Bristol Cathedral Choir School | 54.6 | 8.4% | 25.9% | 1,192 | 1.2 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.8%
- English as an additional language
- 38.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.7%
- Persistent absence
- 21.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
E-Act Montpelier High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Cotham School0.5 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Redland Green School0.6 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Fairfield High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Bristol Cathedral Choir School1.2 miles
Secondary · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
- Abbeywood Community School Secondary
- Ashton Park School Secondary
- Backwell School Secondary
- Bedminster Down School Secondary
- Blaise High School Secondary
- Brimsham Green School Secondary
- Bristol Brunel Academy Secondary
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School Secondary
- Bristol Free School Secondary
- Bristol Metropolitan Academy Secondary
- Chew Valley School Secondary
- Chipping Sodbury School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Montpelier High School teach?
- Montpelier High School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Bristol.
- Has Montpelier High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Montpelier High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Montpelier High School?
- Montpelier High School had 906 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Montpelier High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 57.5 in 2022/23 and 57.2 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Montpelier High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Montpelier High 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 31 August 2024.