Patchway Community School
Hempton Lane, Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE OLYMPUS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Steve Kneller
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Olympus Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,080
- Pupils on roll
- 854
- URN
- 145124
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01454862020
About this school
Patchway Community School is a secondary academy in Almondsbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 854 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Patchway Community School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 107 | 163 | 172 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.0 | 33.7 | 37.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.52 -0.82 to -0.22 | -0.73 -0.97 to -0.49 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 24.5% | 26.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 41.1% | 45.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 23% | 17.2% | 16.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
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 Patchway 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 | 35 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.7 | 38.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37 | 38.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 765 |
| 2023/24 | 924 |
| 2024/25 | 951 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Patchway Community School compares
Patchway Community School ranked 15th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37 | 11.6% | 27.3% | 854 | — |
| Abbeywood Community School | 46 | 8.3% | 22.1% | 1,294 | 2.1 miles |
| Winterbourne Academy | 52 | 8.1% | 13% | 1,741 | 2.8 miles |
| Orchard School Bristol | 44.7 | 10.4% | 44.7% | 942 | 2.9 miles |
| Bristol Free School | 56.3 | 6.5% | 14.5% | 1,304 | 3.3 miles |
| Blaise High School | 45 | 10.2% | 44.3% | 914 | 3.5 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)
- 27.27%
- English as an additional language
- 18.9%
- Overall absence
- 11.58%
- Persistent absence
- 31.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abbeywood Community School2.1 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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Winterbourne Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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Orchard School Bristol2.9 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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Bristol Free School3.3 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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Blaise High School3.5 miles
Secondary · Bristol
Other schools in Almondsbury
Common questions
- What ages does Patchway Community School teach?
- Patchway Community School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Almondsbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Patchway Community School?
- The headteacher of Patchway Community School is Mr Steve Kneller, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Patchway Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Patchway 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 many pupils are at Patchway Community School?
- Patchway Community School has 854 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Patchway Community School full?
- Patchway Community School has capacity for 1,080 pupils and 854 on roll (79%), so it has space against 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 Patchway Community School a faith school?
- No. Patchway Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Patchway Community School a selective school?
- No. Patchway Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Patchway Community School part of an academy trust?
- Patchway 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.
- How have Patchway Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35 in 2022/23 and 37 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Patchway Community School compare with other schools in South Gloucestershire?
- Patchway Community School ranked 15th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Patchway Community School's absence rate?
- Patchway Community School's overall absence rate is 11.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Patchway Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Patchway 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 10 July 2026.