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Yate Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 804Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145135URN

Sundridge Park, Yate, BS37 4DX

This school is due to be replaced by Woodlands Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.4 below South Gloucestershire median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in South Gloucestershire

233 applications for 135 places · 12th of 15 in South Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
55.1of 90
1st of 16 in South Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 5 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 25 January 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below South Gloucestershire median (2.2) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

233 applications · 135 places offered · 124 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.9; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.5; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.5; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.8; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.3; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.5; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.7; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as The Ridings Federation Yate International Academy (URN 135943), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261352331.71240.92
Sep 20251422661.91390.98
Sep 20241453182.21461.01
Sep 20231453632.51971.36
Sep 20221433392.41761.23
Sep 20211463572.51861.27
Sep 20201463202.21941.33
Sep 20191452591.81541.06
Sep 2018871171.3680.78
Sep 2017 *1001541.5990.99
Sep 2016 *1021681.7990.97
Sep 2015 *1311811.41290.98
Sep 2014 *1381991.41340.97

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

141 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)55.11st of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths58%1st of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths75%
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14155.158%75%–
2024/2513454.860%74%–
2023/2414246.943%64%+0.03
2022/2310951.954%64%+0.65

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

  • 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
145135 · 803/4009
Trust
Greenshaw Learning Trust
Capacity
900 pupils · 804 on roll
Free school meals
22.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
The Ridings Federation Yate International Academy (URN 135943)
Address
Sundridge Park, Yate, BS37 4DX
Local authority
South Gloucestershire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources