Cleve House School
Cleve House School is an independent school in Bristol for boys and girls aged 3 to 16. It has 74 pupils and room for 145.
254 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2PN0117 977 7218clevehouseschool.comMrs Clare Fraser headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bristol, City of council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 74 | 82 | 55 | 63 | 81 | 77 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 27% | 15% | 14% | 20% | 7% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 15% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 3% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Primary School | Council | 380 m | 410 | Report card 2026 | 57 | Compare |
| Knowle Park Primary School | Council | 710 m | 611 | Not inspected | 23 | Compare |
| Prospect Education Trust | Miscellaneous | 910 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Philips Marsh Nursery School and Barton Hill Childrens Centre/Cashmore Early Years Centre | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 141 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 229 | No overall grade 2025 | 2 | Compare |
| Ilminster Avenue Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.8 miles | 183 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Victoria Park Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 410 | Report card 2026 | 18 | Compare |
| West Town Lane Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 634 | Not inspected | 18 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Cleve House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Cleve House School yet.
How many pupils does Cleve House School have?
74 pupils aged 3 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 145 places, so it is 51% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 254 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2PN
- Telephone
- 0117 977 7218
- Website
- clevehouseschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Fraser
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-16, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward
- Knowle
- Constituency
- Bristol East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 21 October 1957
- URN
- 109339 · LAESTAB 8016005 · UKPRN 10078236
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.