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Bedminster Down School

URN: 138204

Address: Donald Road, Bedminster Down, Bristol, BS13 7DQ
FUTURA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 4 February 2025:

Quality of education:

Good

Behaviour and attitudes:

Requires Improvement

Personal development:

Good

Leadership and management:

Requires Improvement

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 13 March 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 23 January 2024
    PDF – Published

  3. Short inspection Short inspection, PDF - 02 May 2018
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 05 December 2014
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 29 November 2012
    PDF – Published

  6. Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter, PDF - 15 August 2012
    PDF – Published
  7. Opened
  8. Previously Bedminster Down School Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Bedminster Down School

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Bristol

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 1029
  • School capacity: 1080

Location

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  • Address: Donald Road, Bedminster Down, Bristol, BS13 7DQ
  • Region: South West

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