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E-ACT Venturers' Academy

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formBristol, City of, South West · Bristol BS13 9AXTrust: E-ActSchool website
Pupils on roll
240of 242 places
Free school meals
57.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
16
Ofsted
Requires improvement, 14 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at E-ACT Venturers' Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in E-ACT Venturers' Academy’s own sixth form (Bristol, City of average 40%), 25% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.9 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Bristol, City of, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bristol, City of and England.

E-ACT Venturers' Academy
Bristol, City of
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureE-ACT Venturers' AcademyBristol, City ofEngland
Pupils in the cohort124,008607,348
Any sustained destination92%90%92%
Stayed in education92%84%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%12%13%
— further education college25%30%37%
— other education67%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination8%6%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureE-ACT Venturers' AcademyBristol, City ofEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.946.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%36%41%
EBacc average point score0.004.104.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort50%33%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils1.433.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils0.552.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language19%20%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language744%89%0%20%0%

Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of

Ashton Park School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8

Blaise High School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 914 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Bristol Brunel Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.