E-Act Merchants' Academy

State-Funded School

e-act-merchants-academy-bristol-south-west

South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol SouthConstituency

BS13 9AJPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

E-Act Merchants' Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 3–18, located in Bristol, South West.

The school is rated Inadequate by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,018 pupils. E-Act Merchants' Academy is part of E-ACT.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Inadequate

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Early yearsprovision

Inadequate

Sixth formprovision

Inadequate

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 29.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 17.7%
EBacc average point score: 2.44

Ethnicity

White

82%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,018

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

66%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 3 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,018
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: E-ACT

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
15 May 2024	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate

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.