Ashton Park School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
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North Star 240°
- Pupils on roll
- 75of 80 places
- Free school meals
- 85.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 13
- Ofsted
- Good, 22 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bristol Gateway School (URN 132239, until 1 January 2021).
What the data says
Of the 16 pupils who finished Year 11 at North Star 240° in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 63% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 3.7 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | North Star 240° | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 16 | 4,008 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 69% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 69% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 6% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 25% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | North Star 240° | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 3.7 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.13 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 92% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 13 | 100% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 13 | 100% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| Biology | 4 | 31% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Art and Design | 3 | 23% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of
Bedminster Down School
Academy converter · 1,022 pupils
66% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Blaise High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 914 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0
Bridge Learning Campus
Academy sponsor led · 1,202 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.6
Bristol Brunel Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,192 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.6
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.