Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in North Somerset
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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry424 applications · 225 places offered · 271 named it first
- 2026 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2025 1.6; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2022 1.8; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2020 1.5; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2019 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2017 1.4; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; North Somerset median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; North Somerset median median 1.6
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 225 | 424 | 1.9 | 271 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 213 | 332 | 1.6 | 212 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 235 | 389 | 1.7 | 226 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 234 | 396 | 1.7 | 239 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 239 | 423 | 1.8 | 248 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 233 | 427 | 1.8 | 223 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 239 | 369 | 1.5 | 232 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 228 | 380 | 1.7 | 221 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 221 | 372 | 1.7 | 213 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 220 | 302 | 1.4 | 214 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 183 | 257 | 1.4 | 178 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 214 | 277 | 1.3 | 212 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 190 | 229 | 1.2 | 187 | 0.98 |
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.) | 229 | 51.3 | 54% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 232 | 51.4 | 48% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 235 | 47.1 | 43% | 62% | +0.20 |
| 2022/23 | 212 | 52.3 | 51% | 71% | +0.25 |
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
- Clevedon SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · North SomersetGood20241.2applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · North SomersetGood20242.0applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · North SomersetStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · North SomersetGood20241.4applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · North Somerset20262.3applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · North Somerset20261.6applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · North SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 12.8 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
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137884 · 802/4136
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,400 pupils · 1,390 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2012
- Replaced
- Clevedon School (URN 132006)
- Address
- Valley Road, Clevedon, BS21 6AH
- Local authority
- North Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources