Ilminster Avenue Nursery School
Ilminster Avenue Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Bristol for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 183 pupils. About 39 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Ilminster Avenue, Knowle West, Bristol, BS4 1BX0117 903 0255ilminsterchildren.comMs M Collier-King acting headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
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.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school), for profound and multiple learning difficulties.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Bristol, City of with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (32), Moderate learning difficulty (6), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Other difficulty or disability (1), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 183 | 193 | 167 | 160 | 155 | 178 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 39% | 37% | 20% | 25% | 26% | 24% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 15% | 15% | 19% | 15% | 15% | 16% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 19% | 19% | 14% | 11% | 15% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy | Academy | 0 m | 229 | No overall grade 2025 | 2 | Compare |
| Knowle Park Primary School | Council | 610 m | 611 | Not inspected | 23 | Compare |
| School of Christ The King Catholic Primary | Roman Catholic | 720 m | 227 | Good 2024 | 26 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Connaught | Academy | 730 m | 310 | No overall grade 2024 | 7 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy New Oak | Academy | 770 m | 210 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Daventry Road | Free school | 790 m | 362 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Oasis Academy John Williams | Academy | 0.6 miles | 858 | Good 2023 | 36 | Compare |
| Perry Court E-ACT Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 474 | Report card 2026 | 94 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Ilminster Avenue Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Ilminster Avenue Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Ilminster Avenue Nursery School have?
183 pupils aged 2 to 4 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does Ilminster Avenue Nursery School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for profound and multiple learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Ilminster Avenue, Knowle West, Bristol, BS4 1BX
- Telephone
- 0117 903 0255
- Website
- www.ilminsterchildren.com
- Acting Headteacher
- Ms M Collier-King
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-4, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward
- Knowle
- Constituency
- Bristol East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108896 · LAESTAB 8011005
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.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- 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.