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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 26 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 28 January 2020Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry467 applications · 263 places offered · 276 named it first
- 2026 1.8; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2025 1.8; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2023 2.0; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2022 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2019 2.1; North Somerset median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2017 2.2; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; North Somerset median median 1.6
- 2015 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.6
- 2014 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.7
- This school
- North Somerset median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 263 | 467 | 1.8 | 276 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 263 | 484 | 1.8 | 269 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 266 | 491 | 1.9 | 266 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 263 | 517 | 2.0 | 295 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 267 | 501 | 1.9 | 277 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 270 | 523 | 1.9 | 281 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 | 268 | 533 | 2.0 | 292 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 270 | 553 | 2.1 | 284 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 269 | 543 | 2.0 | 314 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 266 | 577 | 2.2 | 316 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 | 300 | 536 | 1.8 | 327 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2015 | 299 | 575 | 1.9 | 348 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2014 | 269 | 464 | 1.7 | 284 | 1.06 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 264 | 52.6 | 60% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 268 | 52.7 | 56% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 266 | 53.4 | 57% | 81% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 262 | 53.0 | 55% | 79% | +0.28 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Backwell SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · North SomersetGood20242.0applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · North SomersetGood20241.2applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · North Somerset20262.3applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · North SomersetGood20241.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · Bristol, City ofGood20222.1applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Bristol, City ofGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · Bristol, City ofSpecial measures Inadequate20241.3applications per place 30.4Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Bristol, City ofGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 33.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136722 · 802/4129
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,728 pupils · 1,595 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2011
- Replaced
- Backwell School (URN 132005)
- Address
- Station Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3BX
- Local authority
- North Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources