# Air Balloon Hill Primary School

Air Balloon Hill Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 788 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E135867. [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 788
- Council: Bristol
- URN: 135867

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, November 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 22 November 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 60% of pupils at Air Balloon Hill Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Bristol, City of and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Bristol, City of | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Summerhill Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summerhill-infant-school-e108966): 850 m. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023
- [Two Mile Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/two-mile-hill-primary-school-e151116): 860 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Summerhill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summerhill-academy-e138658): 870 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bristol Brunel Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bristol-brunel-academy-e135300): 930 m. Secondary. School remains Good, June 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Speedwell Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/speedwell-nursery-school-e108900): 960 m. Nursery. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- [John Cabot Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-cabot-academy-e135295): 1 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 48.6 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/135867)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135867)

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