The City Academy Bristol is a mixed secondary academy in Bristol, Bristol City Council, teaching 977 pupils aged 11 to 18. It was last inspected by Ofsted in November 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 38.5 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for The City Academy Bristol.

Latest inspection
Inspected Ungraded inspection
Outcome: Standards maintained. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 27 Nov 2024 · Published 12 Jan 2025
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The City Academy Bristol.

The City Academy Bristol term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Starts Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term Ends Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Thursday 23rd October 2025 to Friday 31st October 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day Thursday 23rd October 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Friday 24th October 2025 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Starts Tuesday 6th January 2026 Term
  • Spring Term Ends Thursday 2nd April 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Monday 16th February 2026 to Friday 20th February 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Monday 5th January 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Term Starts Monday 20th April 2026 Term
  • Summer Term Ends Tuesday 21st July 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term Monday 25th May 2026 to Friday 29th May 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Monday 23rd February 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Friday 13th March 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Friday 3rd July 2026 Inset Day
  • Christmas Holiday Saturday 20th December 2025 to Monday 5th January 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Friday 3rd April 2026 to Friday 17th April 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Wednesday 22nd July 2026 to early September 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday Friday 3rd April 2026 Event
  • Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31st August 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Thursday 1st January 2026 Event
  • Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Friday 26th December 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
38.5 Attainment 8 England 46.1
29.9% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
40.8% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The City Academy Bristol with Bristol City Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 38.5 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Bristol City Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 38.5
Bristol City Council 46.4 England 46.1 -7.6 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 29.9%
Bristol City Council 45.9% England 45.4% -15.5 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 35.1
Bristol City Council 33.8 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 6.6
Bristol City Council 18.7 England 15.5 -8.9 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 48.9%
Bristol City Council 32.8% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 174
Attendance 40.8% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Bristol City Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 40.8%
Bristol City Council 21.8% England 17.8% +23 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 12.4%
Bristol City Council 7.9% England 6.8% +5.7 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 87% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Bristol City Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 87%
Bristol City Council 90% England 92% -5 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 85%
Bristol City Council 83% England 83% +2 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The City Academy Bristol. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The City Academy Bristol than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.