Upper Horfield Primary School
About the school
Upper Horfield Primary School is an open primary school in Bristol, City of.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 20 January 2026
- Published
- 17 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 58%
- Bristol, City of
- 59%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Bristol, City of
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Bristol, City of
- 73%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 63%
- Bristol, City of
- 68%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 89%
- Bristol, City of
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 74%
- Bristol, City of
- 69%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 32%
- Bristol, City of
- 26%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Bristol, City of
- 79%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bristol, City of
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Bristol, City of
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Bristol, City of
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
182
Girls
49.45%
Boys
50.55%
SEN support
12.64%
Education, health and care plan
1.65%
English as an additional language
58.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
30.77%
Overall absence
5.93
Persistent absence
16.85