Ilminster Avenue Nursery School

State-Funded School

ilminster-avenue-nursery-school-bristol-south-west

South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol EastConstituency

BS4 1BXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ilminster Avenue Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–4, located in Bristol, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 183 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Pupils

183

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

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: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 4
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 183
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 13 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 May 2019	Good	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.