Blackhorse Primary School

South Gloucestershire · BS16 6TR

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 419 pupils, 6.9% FSM

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Blackhorse Primary School

General Information

Address: Blackhorse Lane, Emersons Green, Bristol, BS16 6TR – View on map
Phone: 01454866570
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Simon Botten
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 62 families put it first for 60 places – 10 for every 10 places. 92% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 12 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

419 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 29
% eligible for free school meals: 6.9%
Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the South Gloucestershire average)
English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 17.5% a year (South Gloucestershire 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 52% moved to another school, 48% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

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Across South Gloucestershire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in South Gloucestershire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 8.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for Autism 22 places · 23 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 10.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 28 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card November 2025

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the South Gloucestershire average (64%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 64%)
3-year average (expected standard): 70%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 78% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 108
Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSouth Gloucestershire averageEngland↗ Improving Up 6 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 9 percentage points above the South Gloucestershire average (64%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 18th of 81 junior and primary schools in the area

=14The Meadows Primary School75%
#17Wick Church of England Primary School74%
=18Blackhorse Primary School73%
=18Bradley Stoke Community School73%
=20Emersons Green Primary School72%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Hambrook Primary School93%
=1Marshfield Church of England Primary School93%
#3Beacon Rise Primary School89%
#4Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary School88%
#5Coniston Primary School86%
#6Olveston Church of England Primary School83%
#7Watermore Primary School82%
#8Hanham Abbots Junior School80%
=9Frenchay Church of England Primary School78%
=9Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School78%
=9Wheatfield Primary School78%
#12St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Winterbourne77%
#13Pucklechurch CofE VC Primary School76%
=14Cherry Garden Primary School75%
=14Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend75%
=14The Meadows Primary School75%
#17Wick Church of England Primary School74%
=18Blackhorse Primary School73%
=18Bradley Stoke Community School73%
=20Emersons Green Primary School72%
=20Kings' Forest Primary School72%
=20The Manor Church of England Primary School72%
#23Abbotswood Primary School71%
#24Charfield Primary School70%
#25Manorbrook Primary School69%
=26Barrs Court Primary School67%
=26Holy Trinity Primary School67%
=26St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Gifford67%
=26The Ridge Junior School67%
=26Wallscourt Farm Academy67%
=31Charlton Wood Primary Academy66%
=31Raysfield Primary School66%
=31Redfield Edge Primary School66%
=31St Mary's Catholic Primary School66%
=35Bailey's Court Primary School65%
=35Meadowbrook Primary School65%
=35St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC Primary65%
=35The Park Primary School65%
=39Bowsland Green Primary School63%
=39Holy Family Catholic Primary School63%
=39Stanbridge Primary School63%
=42Almondsbury Church of England Primary School62%
=42Bromley Heath Junior School62%
=42Courtney Primary School62%
=45Christ Church Hanham CofE Primary School61%
=45Stoke Lodge Primary School61%
=47North Road Community Primary School60%
=47Trinity Church of England Primary School60%
#49St Anne's Church of England Primary School58%
=50Alexander Hosea Primary School57%
=50Cadbury Heath Primary School57%
=50Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury57%
=50Filton Hill Primary School57%
=50Horton CofE VA Primary School57%
=50Wellesley Primary School57%
=56Lyde Green Primary School56%
=56St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary School56%
=56Staple Hill Primary School56%
=59Callicroft Primary School55%
=59St Paul's Catholic Primary School55%
#61Gillingstool Primary School54%
=62Parkwall Primary School53%
=62St Stephen's Church of England Junior School, Soundwell53%
=62The Tynings Primary School53%
#65Longwell Green Primary School51%
#66Severn Beach Primary School50%
#67Woodlands Primary School48%
=68Barley Close Community Primary School47%
=68Little Stoke Primary School47%
=70St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School46%
=70St Barnabas Church of England Primary School46%
=72Charborough Road Primary School45%
=72St John's Mead Church of England Primary School45%
=74Elm Park Primary School44%
=74Tortworth Primary School44%
#76King's Oak Academy43%
#77Tyndale Primary School41%
=78Shield Road Primary School38%
=78St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Thornbury38%
#80St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall29%
#81Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School27%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,936 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

29th of 76 primary schools in South Gloucestershire for spending per pupil

#27Coniston Primary School£6,975
#28Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School£6,963
#29Blackhorse Primary School£6,936
#30Gillingstool Primary School£6,926
#31Cadbury Heath Primary School£6,917

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Horton CofE VA Primary School£15,917
#2Rangeworthy Church of England Primary School£13,647
#3Tortworth Primary School£10,623
#4St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall£9,233
#5Oldbury on Severn Church of England Primary School£8,710
#6Barley Close Community Primary School£8,623
#7The Meadows Primary School£8,313
#8Trinity Church of England Primary School£8,297
#9Parkwall Primary School£8,210
#10Charborough Road Primary School£8,142
#11St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC Primary£8,137
#12Emersons Green Primary School£8,024
#13St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary School£7,702
#14St Anne's Church of England Primary School£7,617
#15Christ Church Hanham CofE Primary School£7,544
#16St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School£7,528
#17Shield Road Primary School£7,501
#18Little Stoke Primary School£7,470
#19Elm Park Primary School£7,331
#20Stoke Lodge Primary School£7,180
#21Marshfield Church of England Primary School£7,152
#22Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School£7,139
#23North Road Community Primary School£7,119
#24St Paul's Catholic Primary School£7,107
#25Lyde Green Primary School£7,103
#26Wick Church of England Primary School£7,102
#27Coniston Primary School£6,975
#28Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School£6,963
#29Blackhorse Primary School£6,936
#30Gillingstool Primary School£6,926
#31Cadbury Heath Primary School£6,917
#32Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary School£6,914
#33Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury£6,907
#34Holy Family Catholic Primary School£6,755
#35The Tynings Primary School£6,753
#36Tyndale Primary School£6,743
#37Filton Hill Primary School£6,704
#38Pucklechurch CofE VC Primary School£6,678
#39Cherry Garden Primary School£6,672
#40Wellesley Primary School£6,639
#41Barrs Court Primary School£6,638
#42Frenchay Church of England Primary School£6,572
#43St Barnabas Church of England Primary School£6,532
#44St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Winterbourne£6,474
#45Raysfield Primary School£6,467
#46Bowsland Green Primary School£6,451
#47St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Thornbury£6,432
#48Severn Beach Primary School£6,424
#49Holy Trinity Primary School£6,410
#50Staple Hill Primary School£6,396
#51The Manor Church of England Primary School£6,382
#52Beacon Rise Primary School£6,288
#53Redfield Edge Primary School£6,281
#54Longwell Green Primary School£6,277
#55The Park Primary School£6,274
#56Almondsbury Church of England Primary School£6,255
#57Watermore Primary School£6,224
#58Courtney Primary School£6,221
#59Olveston Church of England Primary School£6,172
#60Alexander Hosea Primary School£6,138
#61St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Gifford£6,094
#62St Mary's Catholic Primary School£6,072
#63Charfield Primary School£6,029
#64St John's Mead Church of England Primary School£6,003
#65Abbotswood Primary School£5,990
#66Callicroft Primary School£5,972
#67Kings' Forest Primary School£5,944
#68Charlton Wood Primary Academy£5,928
#69Bailey's Court Primary School£5,889
#70Wheatfield Primary School£5,831
#71Meadowbrook Primary School£5,772
#72Hambrook Primary School£5,756
#73Manorbrook Primary School£5,739
#74Woodlands Primary School£5,718
#75Wallscourt Farm Academy£5,715
#76Stanbridge Primary School£5,522

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