Bedminster Down School
About the school
Bedminster Down School is an open secondary 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
- 4 February 2025
- Published
- 12 March 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 41.7
- Bristol, City of
- 46.4
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Bristol, City of
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 38.70%
- Bristol, City of
- 45.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 60.80%
- Bristol, City of
- 64.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 2.80%
- Bristol, City of
- 35.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.3
- Bristol, City of
- 4.1
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1029
Girls
45.29%
Boys
54.71%
SEN support
18.17%
Education, health and care plan
3.50%
English as an additional language
6.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
40.04%
Overall absence
13.3
Persistent absence
39.76
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
202
Sustained education or employment
85%
Education
66%
Apprenticeship
15%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
10%