Cotham Gardens Primary School

State-Funded School

cotham-gardens-primary-school-bristol-south-west

South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol CentralConstituency

BS6 6ALPostcode

1.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Cotham Gardens Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bristol, South West.

It currently serves 365 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 40%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

45%

Asian

Black

23%

Mixed

15%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

365

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

50%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 365
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
29 Jan 2025	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
18 Jul 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.