Consultation for School Admission Arrangements and Relevant Areas for 2027 to 2028

School admission arrangements

Admission arrangements outline how school places will be allocated at each school setting. This includes the school’s over-subscription criteria which is used when schools receive more applications than places available.

For all community and voluntary controlled schools, arrangements are determined by the Local Authority (LA). For all other schools it's the responsibility of the individual school or academy trust.

We are consulting on the proposed arrangements for all Bristol community and voluntary controlled primary schools and the admission arrangements for selected Bristol infant to junior school transfers for 2027/2028.

pdf BCC Admission Arrangements for Primary Schools 2027 to 2028(163 KB)

pdf BCC Infant to Junior School Transfer Admission Arrangements 2027 to 2028(115 KB)

The following schools will be using Bristol local authority's determined admissions arrangements:

All Bristol Community Schools

• Air Balloon Hill Primary
• Ashley Down Primary
• Bishop Road Primary
• Blaise Primary and Nursery
• Brentry Primary
• Broomhill Junior (from year 3)
• Brunel Field Primary
• Chester Park Infants
• Chester Park Junior (from year 3)
• Fair Furlong Primary
• Glenfrome Primary
• Hannah More Primary
• Hillcrest Primary
• Holymead Primary
• Knowle Park Primary
• Sea Mills Primary
• Sefton Park Infant
• Sefton Park Junior (from year 3)
• Shirehampton Primary
• Southville Primary
• Summerhill Infant
• Upper Horfield Community
• Whitehall Primary

All Bristol Voluntary Controlled schools

• Avonmouth C of E Primary
• Horfield C of E Primary
• St John's Primary
• St Peter's C of E Primary

This list may change if school governance changes. For example, if a school becomes an academy.

Own Admission Authority Schools

Some of Bristol’s Own Admission Authority Schools are also consulting on their admission arrangements.  Any feedback to a consultation for a school not listed as one for whom Bristol City Council is not the admission authority should go directly to the relevant school or trust. For more information on this, please visit the schools’ website or Bristol City Councils admissions pages at www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/schools-learning-and-early-years/school-admissions

Relevant Areas

We are also consulting on the relevant areas.  Each local authority must define a relevant area for consultation on proposed admission arrangements. We are not proposing any changes to the current relevant areas.  For All primary settings these will be the Primary planning area (ward cluster) the school is located within.  For secondary schools this will be the whole city.  For more information, please view the document below.

pdf Relevant Areas Consultation 2027 and 2028(417 KB)