What St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School does

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (SMRT) is an 11-18 co-educational, Church of England comprehensive school located at Somerset Square in Bristol, England. The school is state-funded and serves approximately 1,800 students, split between the Main School (Years 7-11) and the Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre, which alone houses roughly 700 students drawn from SMRT's own Year 11 cohort and many other schools across the city. The school delivers the proprietary "Alive Curriculum" framework across KS3, KS4, and KS5, with subject breadth spanning GCSEs, A Levels, and vocational options, and is officially designated a School of Sanctuary.

The core technology footprint is conventional: Microsoft 365 and SharePoint underpin staff and student operations, with Bromcom serving as the Management Information System for student records, attendance, and parent communications via the MCAS parent app. Optional paid services (instrumental music tuition via ScoPay, school dinners, and educational trips) sit alongside free provision, including free school meals for eligible students. Distribution is through the Bristol Local Authority admissions process for Years 7-11 and direct enrolment for the Sixth Form; the school is "heavily oversubscribed" per its own leadership.

Beyond academic delivery, SMRT operates an ecosystem of community and employer partnerships under the BS1 Alive Cradle to Career Hub, including Burges Salmon (Enterprise Advisor), AirBus (STEM), VEX Robotics, Jamie's Farm, Bristol Flyers, and a long-standing international exchange with Ikoba Girls Secondary School in Uganda, now approaching its 20th anniversary. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and there is no equity ownership; the school is governed by a board of governors and, as of December 2025, is consulting on conversion to academy status within the Lighthouse School Partnership Multi Academy Trust.

Name

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Legal name

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Website

https://smrt.bristol.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School is an 11-18 Church of England comprehensive school in Bristol, England, serving approximately 1,800 students across its Main School and Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre through the Alive Curriculum and BS1 Alive community partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Secondary education services
• Sixth form education
• GCSE and A Level
• Comprehensive school
• Church of England school

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School is a state-funded, Church of England comprehensive school delivering secondary education for students aged 11-18 in Bristol. It offers a Main School (Years 7-11) for GCSE qualifications and a Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre (Years 12-13) for A Level and vocational courses, supported by the proprietary Alive Curriculum, careers programme, learning support (SEND), clubs and activities, breakfast clubs, and music instrumental lessons.

Product overview

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School operates as a unified educational institution offering a two-stage provision: the Main School (Years 7-11) delivering GCSE-level education through the Alive Curriculum, and the Sixth Form Centre (Years 12-13) providing A Level and vocational programmes. These core offerings are supported by enrichment modules including the BS1 Alive Cradle to Career Hub for community partnership activities, the Ikoba School Partnership for international exchange, a structured Careers Programme, Learning Support (SEND) services, Clubs and Activities, Breakfast Clubs, and Music Instrumental Lessons. The school also provides digital infrastructure through Microsoft 365 and SharePoint. Facilities include specialist spaces for sports (swimming pool, sports hall) and the Main School Building and Ikoba Building. The institution serves approximately 1800 students and is located at Somerset Square, Bristol.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alive Curriculum: The school's comprehensive curriculum framework covering KS3, KS4, and KS5 with values-based education.
• BS1 Alive Cradle to Career Hub
• Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre

Quantifiable outcome

• 28.5% A and A* grades at A Level (2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Burges SalmoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Law firm Burges Salmon serves as Enterprise Advisor to St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School. The partnership enables utilization of volunteering opportunities within the firm to provide additional resource to support the school's careers programme, including employer engagement opportunities across all ages and a mentoring scheme.
• Bristol City CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBristol City Council provides the Post-16 Directory containing listings of all post-16 education, training and apprenticeship providers in and near Bristol. Also administers Free School Meals eligibility and school admissions.
• BS1 Alive Cradle to Career Hub PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-partner initiative providing enrichment, clubs, and career support including: Jamie's Farm (residential), Brazilian Ju-Jitsu (Rise), Year 11 Mentoring (Bristol Robins, Creative Power Town), Kintsugi Hope Youth Wellbeing Programme, Wrestle for Humanity, Gloucester Cricket Foundation (BS1 Alive Cricket Community Hub), Crunchtime Healthy Cooking Programme, and Bristol Flyers.
• VEX RoboticsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVEX Robotics provided sponsorship for Sixth Form students Adil and Kaspar to design and build a competition robot for the V5 Tournament.
• AirBusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirBus sponsored a whole-day STEM experience for Year 8 students in the hall, including an inspirational speaker on engineering opportunities and team aircraft building challenges.
• Ikoba Girls Secondary School (Uganda)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership started in 2006 celebrating 20th anniversary. Includes staff and student exchanges; Ugandan visitors participate in school life, lessons, and cultural activities. Joint celebrations and mutual learning about curriculum approaches and teaching methods.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bristol Cathedral School: Bristol-based independent Christian school with secondary and sixth form provision. Shares SMRT's Church of England / Christian ethos and city-centre location, and competes for similar faith-aligned families.
• Fairfield High School: Bristol co-educational secondary comprehensive serving families from similar inner-city catchments. Compares on demographics, SEND provision, and GCSE progression outcomes.
• Redland Green School: Bristol 11-18 co-educational comprehensive secondary with a large sixth form. Operates in the same local authority, competing for the same Year 7 intake and sixth form applicants.
• St Bede's Catholic College: Bristol 11-18 faith-based Catholic comprehensive with sixth form. Most direct comparability: religious character, comprehensive intake, urban Bristol catchment, and similar post-16 destination profile.
• Cotham School: Bristol-based 11-18 co-educational comprehensive secondary school serving a similar urban, diverse catchment. Comparable in size, sixth form provision, and post-16 destination profile to SMRT.
• Oasis Academy Brislington: Bristol academy secondary school with a faith/community ethos and sponsor-led governance model. Relevant comparability on academy-style governance transitions and post-16 provision.

Regional players

• Beechen Cliff School: Bath-based 11-18 boys' (now mixed) comprehensive secondary with sixth form. Comparable structure and regional context; does not directly compete in Bristol but faces similar West of England parental-choice dynamics.
• Wells Cathedral School: Somerset-based faith-affiliated independent school with strong musical and academic sixth form provision. Comparable on faith character, sixth form breadth, and Oxbridge progression — though serving a wider, less urban geography.

Broad incumbents

• Bristol Grammar School: Long-established Bristol independent school (BGS) covering 4-18. Competes with SMRT for high-attaining families in the greater Bristol area, though fee-paying and selective rather than comprehensive.
• Clifton College: Bristol-based independent school with full secondary and sixth form provision. Overlaps with SMRT on parental choice for post-16 education in the city, particularly for Oxbridge-bound students.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-mary-redcliffe-and-temple-school
• Facebookfacebook.com/smrtschool
• Instagramlinktr.ee/smrtschool

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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