North Star 265°
North Star 265° is a free schools alternative provision in Bristol for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 1 pupils and room for 85. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Hallen Drive, Bristol, BS9 2NT0117 332 0717ns265.northstar-academy.co.ukMr Rob Skelton headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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: emotional and mental health (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 1 | 2 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 100% | 100% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 100% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsweston School | Council | 810 m | 179 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
| Sea Mills Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 950 m | 244 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Grace Garden School | Independent | 0.6 miles | 37 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 412 | Report card 2026 | 87 | Compare |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Bristol | Roman Catholic | 0.8 miles | 208 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| North Star 240° | Academy | 0.8 miles | 75 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Long Cross | Academy | 0.9 miles | 521 | Report card 2026 | 6 | Compare |
| St Bede's Catholic College | Academy | 0.9 miles | 1,324 | Report card 2026 | 75 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is North Star 265° a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score North Star 265° yet.
How many pupils does North Star 265° have?
1 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 85 places, so it is 1% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hallen Drive, Bristol, BS9 2NT
- Telephone
- 0117 332 0717
- Website
- ns265.northstar-academy.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Skelton
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- North Star Academy Trust (4 schools)
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Ward
- Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston
- Constituency
- Bristol North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2024 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149843 · LAESTAB 8011107 · UKPRN 10093056
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.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 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.