Bristol, City of
E-Act Venturers' Academy
Close to home and non-selective, but attainment sits below the national average and the last inspection asked for improvement.
What the data says
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Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
Pupils made below-average progress compared with similar pupils nationally. The confidence interval is entirely below zero.
- -1.90
- Progress 8
- [-2.57, -1.22]
- Confidence interval
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Watch-outs
- Small cohort (17 pupils in the latest results year). Figures may be less reliable and some data may be suppressed.
What to do next
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Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25 or 2025/26)
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | 7+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 (provisional) | 17 | 11.3 | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| 2024/2025 | 16 | 0.9 | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 2023/2024 | 18 | 2.3 | -1.90 | 5.6% | — | 0.0% | 0.1 |
| 2022/2023 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021/2022 | 18 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.1 |
EBacc figures stop at 2024/2025: the DfE no longer publishes them from 2025/2026.
Nearby and similar schools
Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 142780 |
| Local authority | Bristol, City of |
| Region | South West |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Free schools special |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 4-19 |
| Headteacher | Emily Bott - Secondary Helen McDicken - Primary |
| Trust | E-ACT |
| Admissions | — |
| Religious character | Does not apply |
| Postcode | BS13 9AX |
| Pupils | 256 |
| FSM eligible | 49.2% |
Contact and identifiers
Withywood Road, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AX
www.venturersacademy.org1173010805| DfE number | 7003 |
| UKPRN | 10057002 |
| Opened | 1 Sept 2016 |
| GIAS updated | 29 Dec 2025 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 29 Dec 2025 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2025/2026 |
| Latest KS2 year | 2024/2025 |
| Ofsted published | 18 Jun 2024 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | S5 Inspection |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 14 May 2024 |
| Publication date | 18 Jun 2024 |