E-ACT Perry Court Academy
Great Hayles Road, Hengrove, BS14 0AX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- E-ACT
- Headteacher
- Ms Kate Marsh
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- E-ACT
- Constituency
- Bristol South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 474
- URN
- 144880
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01173772078
About this school
E-ACT Perry Court Academy is a primary academy in Hengrove. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 474 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 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
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.90 | - |
| Writing progress | +5.30 | - |
| Maths progress | +4.10 | - |
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 E-ACT Perry Court Academy 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 | 81% | 51.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 52.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 55.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 462 |
| 2023/24 | 445 |
| 2024/25 | 464 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How E-ACT Perry Court Academy compares
E-ACT Perry Court Academy ranked 10th of 92 primary schools in Bristol, City of for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 6.3% | 40.9% | 474 | — |
| Oasis Academy New Oak | 71% | 5.6% | 50% | 210 | 0.3 miles |
| St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 47% | 5.5% | 13.6% | 268 | 0.4 miles |
| E-ACT Ilminster Avenue Academy | 38% | 9.3% | 60.7% | 229 | 0.7 miles |
| Bridge Farm Primary School | 72% | 5.6% | 18.1% | 606 | 0.7 miles |
| Wansdyke Primary School | 53% | 6.1% | 25.4% | 204 | 0.7 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 report31 March 2026
- 26 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.85%
- English as an additional language
- 14.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.28%
- Persistent absence
- 17.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oasis Academy New Oak0.3 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
E-ACT Ilminster Avenue Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Bridge Farm Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Wansdyke Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bristol
Recorded changes at this school
- School name changed from E-Act Perry Court Academy to E-ACT Perry Court Academy recorded 22 Sep 2026
- School name changed from Perry Court E-ACT Academy to E-Act Perry Court Academy recorded 19 Sep 2026
Common questions
- What year groups does E-ACT Perry Court Academy teach?
- E-ACT Perry Court Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hengrove.
- Who is the headteacher of E-ACT Perry Court Academy?
- The headteacher of E-ACT Perry Court Academy is Ms Kate Marsh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was E-ACT Perry Court Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected E-ACT Perry Court Academy, 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 E-ACT Perry Court Academy?
- E-ACT Perry Court Academy has 474 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is E-ACT Perry Court Academy full?
- E-ACT Perry Court Academy has capacity for 480 pupils and 474 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is E-ACT Perry Court Academy a faith school?
- No. E-ACT Perry Court Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does E-ACT Perry Court Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records E-ACT Perry Court Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs E-ACT Perry Court Academy?
- E-ACT Perry Court Academy is part of E-ACT. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have E-ACT Perry Court Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 80% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does E-ACT Perry Court Academy rank locally?
- E-ACT Perry Court Academy ranked 10th of 92 primary schools in Bristol, City of for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is E-ACT Perry Court Academy's absence rate?
- E-ACT Perry Court Academy's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are E-ACT Perry Court Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, E-ACT Perry Court Academy'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 22 September 2026.