Graded inspection · Nov 2023 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 | Good | |||
| 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 entry247 applications · 143 places offered · 135 named it first
- 2026 1.7; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2025 2.3; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2024 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2023 2.1; North Somerset median median 1.7
- 2022 1.9; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2021 2.2; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; North Somerset median median 1.8
- 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 | 143 | 247 | 1.7 | 135 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 145 | 334 | 2.3 | 172 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 290 | 1.9 | 165 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2023 | 146 | 311 | 2.1 | 135 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 145 | 269 | 1.9 | 120 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 143 | 310 | 2.2 | 130 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 94 | 183 | 2.0 | 77 | 0.82 |
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.) | 147 | 40.5 | 31% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 118 | 40.1 | 34% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Winterstoke Hundred AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · North Somerset20261.6applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · North SomersetRemains Good20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · North SomersetGood20241.4applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · North SomersetGood20231.6applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · North SomersetGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · SomersetStandards maintained202447.2Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · SomersetGood20221.0applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · North SomersetGood20241.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147350 · 802/4002
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 950 pupils · 870 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2019
- Replaced
- North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College (URN 141040)
- Address
- 1 Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE
- Local authority
- North Somerset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources