All-through
E-Act Merchants' Academy
Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AJ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1018 of 1410 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- E-ACT
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Early yearsInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationInadequate
- Sixth formInadequate
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingNot met
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
18%
29.5
4th of 4 by our score, among the all-through schools in Bristol we can score - 24 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 93 |
| Average reading score | 96 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 15% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 29.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.44 |
| Entered the EBacc | 7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Bristol, City of admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Fiona Chapman - Secondary Sarah Flannigan - Primary
- Address
- Gatehouse Avenue, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AJ