St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School | School performance

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

135

Pupils · 2024/25

64%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

135

Pupils · 2024/25

64%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

135

Pupils · 2024/25

64%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Inadequate

Ofsted inspection · 15/06/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBristol, City of

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio16.0:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School · Primary · Bristol, City of

Part ofTHE CARDINAL NEWMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2022/23

RWM expected standard

33%

-7pp

40%37%33%

'24'25

'25 · 33%

RWM higher standard

0pp

0%0%0%

'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

48%

Reading higher standard

14%

Writing expected standard

43%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

57%

Maths higher standard

19%

Science expected standard

62%

SPAG expected standard

52%

SPAG higher standard

24%

Reading scaled score

99.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

135

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

64%

FSM eligible

66%

SEN

33%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

26%

Contact

Address

Pennywell Road, Bristol, BS5 0TJ

Local authority

Bristol, City of

Website

—

Telephone

01173772260

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	33%	0%	48%	14%	43%	0%	57%	19%	62%	52%	99.0	99.0	100.0	—	—	—	33%	135
2023/24	40%	0%	60%	20%	52%	4%	44%	4%	68%	56%	101.0	98.0	101.0	—	—	—	28%	137
2022/23	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	135	16.9	33%	64%	66%	7%	26%
2023/24	137	20.1	28%	55%	58%	7%	21%
2022/23	—	—	—	—	—	9%	27%