Blaise Primary and Nursery School
General Information
- Address: Clavell Road, Henbury, Bristol, BS10 7EJ – View on map
- Phone: 01173772424
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Massimo Bonaddio
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 49 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 8 of the 49 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 7 · 2025 8 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 178
- % eligible for free school meals: 43.0%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bristol, City of average)
- English as an additional language: 35% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.5% a year (Bristol, City of 18.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 15% moved to another school, 85% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 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
Across Bristol, City of: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 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 Bristol, City of, 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: 6.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 36 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 25 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Bristol, City of average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 81% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 103
- Based on: 57 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 26th of 92 junior and primary schools in the area
- =23St Bernard's Catholic Primary School70%
- #25Holy Cross RC Primary School68%
- =26Blaise Primary and Nursery School67%
- =26St Teresa's Catholic Primary School67%
- =28Begbrook Primary Academy66%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,886 (2024-25)
41st of 85 primary schools in Bristol, City of for spending per pupil
- #39Four Acres Academy£7,013
- #40Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and Nursery£6,945
- #41Blaise Primary and Nursery School£6,886
- #42Wansdyke Primary School£6,785
- #43Greenfield E-ACT Primary Academy£6,769
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