Upper Horfield Primary School

State-Funded School

upper-horfield-primary-school-bristol-south-west

South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol North WestConstituency

BS7 0PUPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Upper Horfield Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Bristol, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 185 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 17 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 72%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

42%

Asian

24%

Black

10%

Mixed

15%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

185

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

59%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 185
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
14 Sept 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
7 Jan 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

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.