Working together towards the future

Welcome to BFS

Sixth Form open events - We are also looking forward to welcoming you personally to the school. This year our usual open evening event, planned for Thursday 11 November, has been adjusted to ensure we can safely risk assess our community due to the ongoing pandemic. Click below to find out more.

Open events

Our Core Values

Our vision

COMMUNITY. AMBITION. OPPORTUNITY.

Community

Running a happy school in which every child is known by name and working with our partners and families to secure students’ learning.

We also promote responsibility, trust and fairness taking a positive, active role in the community we serve.

Ambition

At BFS we set the highest expectations and academic ambitions to ensure our students make excellent progress from their starting points. Success to us is a broad statement which includes academic and personal development so our students go onto thrive in their lives.

Opportunity

We aim to prepare students to achieve their best taking the opportunities BFS offers them so they become well educated active citizens. Students will experience a sense of fulfilment through educational and personal achievement.’

Meet our headteacher

Mrs Susan King

Welcome to Bristol Free School and thank you for your interest.

Bristol Free School is a high performing, 11-18 co-educational school serving the community of North West Bristol.

What makes Bristol Free School stand out from other schools is our commitment to the young people in our care, a commitment that encourages and inspires every child to fulfil their potential and flourish. We encourage our students to love learning, participate fully in the life of our school and embrace the many opportunities that are on offer.

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