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Primary · BS5 · Bristol, City of

St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School

Pennywell Road, Bristol, BS5 0TJ

THE CARDINAL NEWMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Inadequate

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedInadequate
Attendance90.9%
Attainment33% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils127

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Inadequate

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement and leadership and governance needs attention; inclusion, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and early years expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BS5. Where we have them, council (Bristol, City of) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
127
Free school meals
57.5%
18.7% above district average (38.8%)

Also: Bristol, City of 27.6% · England 24.7%

SEN
32.6%
7% above district average (25.6%)

Also: Bristol, City of 19% · England 18.2%

EAL
63.7%
18.3% above district average (45.4%)
Attendance
90.9%
3.8% below district average (94.7%)

Also: Bristol, City of 94.3% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
26.7%
Attainment
33% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BS5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2022/2390.9%
  • 2023/2492.8%
  • 2024/2593.6%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2023/2440%
  • 2024/2533%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
210
Pupils on roll
127

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bristol, City of page.

SEN support

SEN %
32.6%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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