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Merchants' Academy

Merchants' Academy
Gatehouse Avenue
Withywood
Bristol
England
BS139AJ

📞 phone: 01173 015000

👩‍🏫 principal: Mrs Vicki Starkie

🌍 web: www.merchantsacademy.org


1268 pupils mixed gender
1410 pupils capacity: 90% full

586 boys 46%

682 girls 54%

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All-through — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
135597
Education phase
All-through
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
6910
Open date
1. September 2008
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 357570, Northing: 168258
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 51.412, Longitude: -2.6115
Accepting pupils
3—18 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
27. February 2020
Region › Const. › Ward
South West › Bristol South › Hartcliffe and Withywood
Free school meals %
58.10
Trust
VENTURERS TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10024135

School governors

  • Mr Jon James, Local Governor
    (1. September 2017—31. August 2025)
  • Mrs Gillian Worraker, Local Governor
    (1. September 2017—21. October 2022)
  • Mr Doug Jennings, Local Governor
    (11. October 2018—10. October 2022)
  • Mr Karl Tucker, Local Governor
    (3. October 2019—2. October 2023)
  • Mr Robert Bourns, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (6. May 2020—5. May 2024)
  • Mrs Laura Marshall, Local Governor
    (1. September 2020—31. August 2024)
  • Mrs Tracy Killen, Local Governor
    (27. January 2021—21. September 2022)
  • Ms Faith Ford, Local Governor
    (1. October 2021—30. September 2025)
  • Ms Maria Tsapali, Local Governor
    (13. July 2022—12. July 2026)
  • Mrs Kelly Phipps, Local Governor
    (13. July 2022—12. July 2026)
  • Mr David Thornthwaite, Local Governor
    (1. October 2022—30. September 2026)
  • Mr Doug Jennings, Local Governor
    (10. October 2022—10. October 2026)
  • Mrs Karen Clark, Local Governor
    (20. November 2022—19. November 2026)
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Schools nearby

  1. Merchants' Academy, BS139AJ (1268 pupils)
  2. 0.1 miles Withywood Community School, BS79XT
  3. 0.3 miles Fair Furlong Primary School, BS139HS (459 pupils)
  4. 0.3 miles St Pius X RC Primary School, BS139AB (88 pupils)
  5. 0.4 miles Headley Park Primary School, BS137QB (464 pupils)
  6. 0.4 miles Whitehouse Primary School, BS139PB
  7. 0.4 miles Gay Elms Primary School, BS139AX
  8. 0.4 miles Fulford School, BS139PB
  9. 0.4 miles Fulford Centre, BS139PB
  10. 0.4 miles Venturers' Academy, BS139AX (217 pupils)
  11. 0.4 miles Headley Park Primary School, BS137QB (454 pupils)
  12. 0.5 miles Hartcliffe Nursery School and Children's Centre, BS130JW (229 pupils)
  13. 0.5 miles Highridge Infant School, BS138EF
  14. 0.5 miles Hareclive Primary School, BS130HP
  15. 0.5 miles Bishopsworth CofE VC Junior School, BS138EF
  16. 0.5 miles Hareclive Academy, BS130HP
  17. 0.5 miles Hareclive E-ACT Academy, BS130HP (358 pupils)
  18. 0.6 miles St Peter's Church of England Primary School (VC), BS138EF (459 pupils)
  19. 0.8 miles Bedminster Down Junior School, BS137EN
  20. 0.8 miles Bedminster Down Infant School, BS137EN
  21. 0.8 miles Four Acres Primary School, BS138RB
  22. 0.8 miles Bedminster Down School, BS137DQ
  23. 0.8 miles Bedminster Down School, BS137DQ (1038 pupils)
  24. 0.8 miles Four Acres Academy, BS138RB (457 pupils)
  25. 0.9 miles Novers Lane Junior School, BS41QW

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