Abbeywood Community School
New Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE OLYMPUS ACADEMY TRUST
- Associate Headteacher
- Mr Ben Dilley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Olympus Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,250
- Pupils on roll
- 1,294
- URN
- 139067
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01454862986
About this school
Abbeywood Community School is a secondary academy in Bristol. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,294 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 178 | 202 | 189 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.6 | 46.8 | 46.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.26 +0.04 to +0.47 | +0.04 -0.16 to +0.24 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 46% | 45.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 66.8% | 66.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 21% | 13.4% | 5.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
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 Abbeywood Community 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 | South Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47.6 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.8 | 38.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46 | 38.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,175 |
| 2023/24 | 1,237 |
| 2024/25 | 1,267 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abbeywood Community School compares
Abbeywood Community School ranked 7th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 8.3% | 22.1% | 1,294 | — |
| Orchard School Bristol | 44.7 | 10.4% | 44.7% | 942 | 1.5 miles |
| Trinity Academy | 52.1 | 9.9% | 35.6% | 1,062 | 1.8 miles |
| Patchway Community School | 37 | 11.6% | 27.3% | 854 | 2.1 miles |
| Winterbourne Academy | 52 | 8.1% | 13% | 1,741 | 2.1 miles |
| Bristol Metropolitan Academy | 46.9 | 10.4% | 31% | 1,103 | 2.2 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.11%
- English as an additional language
- 18.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.27%
- Persistent absence
- 22.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Orchard School Bristol1.5 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Trinity Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Patchway Community School2.1 miles
Secondary · Almondsbury
-
Winterbourne Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Bristol Metropolitan Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
Abbeywood Community School ranks 23rd of the 44 ranked secondary schools in Bristol.
- 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
- Cotham School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Abbeywood Community School teach?
- Abbeywood Community School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Bristol.
- Who is the associate headteacher of Abbeywood Community School?
- The associate headteacher of Abbeywood Community School is Mr Ben Dilley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Abbeywood Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Abbeywood Community 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 Abbeywood Community School?
- Abbeywood Community School has 1,294 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Abbeywood Community School full?
- Abbeywood Community School has capacity for 1,250 pupils and 1,294 on roll (104%), so it is at or above 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 Abbeywood Community School a faith school?
- No. Abbeywood Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Abbeywood Community School a selective school?
- No. Abbeywood Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Abbeywood Community School?
- Abbeywood Community School is part of THE OLYMPUS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Abbeywood Community School have?
- The schools register lists Abbeywood Community School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Abbeywood Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.6 in 2022/23 and 46 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Abbeywood Community School rank locally?
- Abbeywood Community School ranked 7th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Abbeywood Community School's absence rate?
- Abbeywood Community School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Abbeywood Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbeywood Community 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 1 July 2026.