SGS Pegasus School
Hempton Lane, Patchway, Bristol, BS32 4AJ
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Marie Cooper
- Sponsor
- South Gloucestershire and Stroud Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 110
- Pupils on roll
- 134
- URN
- 145058
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01454568200
About this school
SGS Pegasus School is a special academy in Bristol. It teaches children aged 4 to 18 and has 134 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 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 17% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 17% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 13% | 17% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 104.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 | 100.0 | - |
| Reading progress | - | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | - | - | - |
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 | 9 | 14 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | 25.0 | 14.8 | 12.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.02 -2.15 to +0.12 | -1.31 -2.11 to -0.51 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 7.1% | 11.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 33% | 14.3% | 17.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
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 SGS Pegasus 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 | 0% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | South Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 25 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 14.8 | 38.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 12.6 | 38.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 91 |
| 2023/24 | 114 |
| 2024/25 | 128 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.12%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.12%
- Persistent absence
- 29.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Castlefell School2.5 miles
Special schools · Bristol
-
Tockington Manor School2.6 miles
Independent schools · Bristol
-
Aurora Hedgeway School2.8 miles
Special schools · Pilning
-
University of the West of England, Bristol2.8 miles
Universities · Bristol
-
South Gloucestershire Hospital Home Teaching Service3.4 miles
Other types · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
- Avonside School Special schools
- Belgrave School Special schools
- Briarwood School Special schools
- 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
- Kingsweston School Special schools
- Knowle DGE Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does SGS Pegasus School teach?
- SGS Pegasus School teaches children aged 4 to 18. It is a special school in Bristol.
- Who is the headteacher of SGS Pegasus School?
- The headteacher of SGS Pegasus School is Headteacher Marie Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was SGS Pegasus School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected SGS Pegasus 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 SGS Pegasus School?
- SGS Pegasus School has 134 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 18.
- Is SGS Pegasus School full?
- SGS Pegasus School has capacity for 110 pupils and 134 on roll (122%), 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 SGS Pegasus School a faith school?
- No. SGS Pegasus School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs SGS Pegasus School?
- SGS Pegasus School is part of SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD 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 SGS Pegasus School have?
- The schools register lists SGS Pegasus School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have SGS Pegasus 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 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is SGS Pegasus School's absence rate?
- SGS Pegasus School's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are SGS Pegasus School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, SGS Pegasus 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 10 July 2026.