Little Hayes Nursery School
Little Hayes Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Bristol for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 104 pupils. About 40 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in June 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Symington Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 2LL0117 903 0405littlehayes.orgMs Jet Davis headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 23 June 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (2)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2024 | S5 Inspection | Requires improvement |
| 30 November 2022 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), Other difficulty or disability (2), Physical disability (2), emotional and mental health (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 104 | 109 | 96 | 94 | 92 | 97 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 40% | 37% | 21% | 21% | 26% | 33% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 52% | 47% | 46% | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 18% | 5% | 17% | 8% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 1% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmtree Grove School Ltd | Independent | 330 m | 24 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Pathways Learning Centre | Academy alternative provision converter | 420 m | 78 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Avanti Gardens School | Free school | 510 m | 381 | Good 2024 | 12 | Compare |
| Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend | Church of England | 770 m | 301 | Not inspected | 74 | Compare |
| Briarwood School | Council | 820 m | 167 | No overall grade 2024 | – | Compare |
| Frome Vale Academy | Academy | 860 m | 203 | Report card 2026 | 67 | Compare |
| Fishponds CofE Primary School | Academy | 900 m | 310 | Good 2022 | 20 | Compare |
| Staple Hill Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 298 | Report card 2026 | 15 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Little Hayes Nursery School a good school?
Little Hayes Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from June 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.
What is Little Hayes Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 23 June 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does Little Hayes Nursery School have?
104 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Symington Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 2LL
- Telephone
- 0117 903 0405
- Website
- www.littlehayes.org
- Headteacher
- Ms Jet Davis
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward
- Frome Vale
- Constituency
- Bristol North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108895 · LAESTAB 8011004
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.