Hans Price Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Weston-super-Mare · BS23 3QP · North Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att846.0
- P80.2
- EM5+41%
- Absence9.9%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 147351
Broadoak Academy
Academy converter · Weston-Super-Mare · BS23 4NP
Ages 11–16 · 792 pupils · North Somerset
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
40.7
Overall absence
11.6%
Admissions demand
0.82 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.49
−20+2
Attainment 840.7
English & maths grade 5+38%
English & maths grade 4+58%
EBacc entry18%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)32.3%
Unauthorised4.2%
- Authorised absence
- 7.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 7.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 736
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.82 · Often has places
1st preferences
112
Places offered
155
1st-preference offers
112
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 214
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 136
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
- Pupils on roll
- 792
- Boys / girls
- 397 / 395
- Free school meals
- 37.6%
- FSM pupils
- 298
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Academy trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Sponsor
- Cabot Learning Federation
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Walsh
Location
- Address
- Windwhistle Road
- Postcode
- BS23 4NP
- Town
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- District
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset, 792 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 37.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Winterstoke Hundred Academy
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Secondary
Weston-Super-Mare · BS24 8EE · North Somerset
Ages 11–19
- Absence11.3%
- FSM23.8%
- Demand1.10
2.0 miles away
Worle Community School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Weston-Super-Mare · BS22 8XX · North Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att841.9
- P8-0.3
- EM5+39%
- Absence12.6%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Walsh
- Telephone
- 01934422000