Selden Road, Stockwood, Bristol BS14 8PS
10 reasons to choose Waycroft Academy
Top line
Waycroft Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Bristol and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Waycroft Academy is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 35 members of Cabot Learning Federation. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Waycroft Academy has two classes per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Waycroft Academy ranks in the top 26% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average.
The Waycroft Academy curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately and are organised thematically or by half-termly topics, with cross-curricular linking. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips for Years 2, 4 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Waycroft Academy
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Waycroft Academy
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.55am to 3.15/3.20pm. Breakfast club from 8.00am and after school clubs may extend the day.
Find another school near Waycroft Academy
Cleve House School (2.8 miles); Bristol Grammar Infant and Junior School (5.2 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital Junior School (5.4 miles).
Southville Primary School (3.2 miles); Fair Furlong Primary School (4 miles); Whitehall Primary School (4.9 miles).
Bristol Grammar School (5.2 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital (5.4 miles); Clifton High School (5.9 miles).
St Brendan’s Sixth Form College (2.1 miles); Wellsway School (3.2 miles); St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (4 miles).