Contested schools in Bristol, City of

These are the Bristol, City of schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Bristol, City of

Secondary schools (14)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Bristol, City of, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Bristol Cathedral Choir School	141	214	1.52
Redland Green School	225	337	1.50
Bristol Free School	218	300	1.38
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School	207	277	1.34
Trinity Academy	170	213	1.25
St Bede's Catholic College	204	251	1.23
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School	141	171	1.21
Ashton Park School	213	254	1.19
Bristol Metropolitan Academy	205	231	1.13
Bristol Brunel Academy	226	248	1.10
Bridge Learning Campus	83	78	0.94
Oasis Academy Brislington	224	204	0.91
Fairfield High School	204	148	0.73
Cotham School	247	160	0.65

Primary schools (35)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Bristol, City of, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Avanti Gardens School	59	91	1.54
Westbury Park School	59	88	1.49
Brentry Primary School	29	43	1.48
Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy	60	87	1.45
Whitehall Primary School	90	129	1.43
St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School	30	41	1.37
Victoria Park Primary School	58	78	1.34
Oasis Academy Marksbury Road	30	40	1.33
Hillcrest Primary School	60	76	1.27
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	30	38	1.27
Two Mile Hill Primary School	60	72	1.20
Elmlea Infant School	90	107	1.19
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Bristol	30	35	1.17
Bridge Learning Campus	58	65	1.12
Cheddar Grove Primary School	59	64	1.08
Ashton Gate Primary School	90	96	1.07
St Anne's Infant School	59	62	1.05
Summerhill Infant School	59	62	1.05
Brunel Field Primary School	59	61	1.03
Christ Church Church of England Primary School	59	60	1.02
Frome Vale Academy	29	29	1
Oasis Academy New Oak	28	28	1
School of Christ The King Catholic Primary	25	25	1
Southville Primary School	90	87	0.97
E-Act Fairlawn Primary School	39	37	0.95
St Werburgh's Primary School	57	54	0.95
Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and Nursery	18	17	—
Cathedral Primary School	54	51	0.94
St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC)	53	50	0.94
Henleaze Infant School	60	55	0.92
Glenfrome Primary School	59	53	0.90
Holymead Primary School	88	79	0.90
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	18	16	—
Fonthill Primary Academy	30	25	0.83
Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School	58	47	0.81

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.