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Academy sponsor led · South Gloucestershire

Winterbourne Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,741Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145502URN

High Street, Winterbourne, Bristol, BS36 1JL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to South Gloucestershire median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in South Gloucestershire

584 applications for 262 places · 5th of 15 in South Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.6of 90
4th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 16 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 10 May 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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
close to South Gloucestershire median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

584 applications · 262 places offered · 227 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.4; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.6; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.5; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.1; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.0; South Gloucestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.0; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; South Gloucestershire median median 2.0; as the previous school
More applications per place than the South Gloucestershire median in 9 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median

Dashed bars: as The Ridings Federation Winterbourne International Academy (URN 135944), The Ridings High School (URN 109298), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262625842.22270.87
Sep 20252936932.42690.92
Sep 20242877512.62961.03
Sep 20232957382.53361.14
Sep 20223567342.13240.91
Sep 20213006992.33051.02
Sep 20202996922.32580.86
Sep 20192976952.33151.06
Sep 20182985822.02400.81
Sep 2017 *2755422.02320.84
Sep 2016 *2975341.82580.87
Sep 2015 *2996752.33281.10
Sep 2014 *2996452.23241.08

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

292 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.64th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths52%3rd of 16 in South Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%
  • This school
  • South Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.16
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)29250.652%74%–
2024/2529352.059%74%–
2023/2429647.950%75%−0.16
2022/2329849.953%74%+0.06

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145502 · 803/4010
Trust
The Olympus Academy Trust
Capacity
1,880 pupils · 1,741 on roll
Free school meals
14.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2018
Replaced
The Ridings Federation Winterbourne International Academy (URN 135944); The Ridings High School (URN 109298)
Address
High Street, Winterbourne, Bristol, BS36 1JL
Local authority
South Gloucestershire

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