Digitech Studio School
Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Studio schools
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Ballard
- Sponsor
- Cabot Learning Federation
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 608
- URN
- 142079
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01179927100
About this school
Digitech Studio School is a secondary school in Bristol. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 608 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 88 | 85 | 79 |
| Attainment 8 score | 32.9 | 34.5 | 31.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.97 -1.28 to -0.67 | -0.65 -0.96 to -0.34 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 25.9% | 17.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 32% | 45.9% | 45.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
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 Digitech Studio 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 | 32.9 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.5 | 38.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 31.2 | 38.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 16.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 583 |
| 2023/24 | 590 |
| 2024/25 | 593 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Digitech Studio School compares
Digitech Studio School ranked 16th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31.2 | 16.4% | 29.7% | 608 | — |
| Sir Bernard Lovell Academy | 44.5 | 8.9% | 18.2% | 1,268 | 1.0 miles |
| John Cabot Academy | 52.1 | 9.5% | 29.6% | 1,244 | 1.5 miles |
| Mangotsfield School | 41.3 | 10.2% | 23.6% | 1,191 | 1.6 miles |
| Hanham Woods Academy | 44.1 | 9.4% | 16.9% | 825 | 1.9 miles |
| Bristol Brunel Academy | 43.6 | 11.6% | 36.3% | 1,267 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 17 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.65%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 16.36%
- Persistent absence
- 42.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sir Bernard Lovell Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
John Cabot Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Mangotsfield School1.6 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Hanham Woods Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Bristol Brunel Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
Digitech Studio School ranks 43rd of the 44 ranked secondary 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 Digitech Studio School teach?
- Digitech Studio School teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a secondary school in Bristol.
- Who is the headteacher of Digitech Studio School?
- The headteacher of Digitech Studio School is Mr Chris Ballard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Digitech Studio School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Digitech Studio 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 Digitech Studio School?
- Digitech Studio School has 608 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is Digitech Studio School full?
- Digitech Studio School has capacity for 360 pupils and 608 on roll (169%), 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 Digitech Studio School a faith school?
- No. Digitech Studio School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Digitech Studio School?
- Digitech Studio School is part of CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Digitech Studio School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 32.9 in 2022/23 and 31.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Digitech Studio School rank locally?
- Digitech Studio School ranked 16th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Digitech Studio School's absence rate?
- Digitech Studio School's overall absence rate is 16.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Digitech Studio School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Digitech Studio 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 15 July 2026.