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Barley Close Community Primary School

Primary school in Bristol, South Gloucestershire. Requires improvement (May 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 14 May 2024, report published 17 June 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around November 2026

The last inspection was in May 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.3 milesStanbridge Primary School

    Primary, Bristol, South Gloucestershire

    Report card, May 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected

  2. 0.3 milesEmersons Green Primary School

    Primary, Bristol, South Gloucestershire

    Report card, Jun 2026: 1 exceptional, 6 strong

  3. 0.5 milesMangotsfield Church of England Primary School

    Primary, Bristol, South Gloucestershire

    No overall grade. Quality of education outstanding (May 2025)

  4. 0.5 milesSt Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

    Primary, Bristol, South Gloucestershire

    Report card, Dec 2025: 1 expected, 6 needs attention

  5. 0.8 milesChrist Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend

    Primary, Bristol, South Gloucestershire

    Good (Nov 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.