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%
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 147350
Winterstoke Hundred Academy
Free schools · Weston-Super-Mare · BS24 8EE
Ages 11–19 · 870 pupils · North Somerset
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
11.3%
Admissions demand
1.10 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-14
- 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)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)34.3%
Unauthorised4.0%
- Authorised absence
- 7.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 6.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 604
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
1.10 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
165
Places offered
150
1st-preference offers
137
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 290
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 150
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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).
Capacity fill92%
870 pupils · 950 places
- Pupils on roll
- 870
- Boys / girls
- 443 / 427
- School capacity
- 950
- Capacity fill
- 870 / 950 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
- FSM pupils
- 175
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a 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 Matthew Randle
Location
- Address
- 1 Beaufighter Road
- Postcode
- BS24 8EE
- Town
- Weston-Super-Mare
- County
- Somerset
- 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 free schools (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset, 870 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 23.8%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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%
1.3 miles away
Priory Community School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Weston-Super-Mare · BS22 6BP · North Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att844.3
- P8-0.1
- EM5+36%
- Absence10.0%
1.9 miles away
Broadoak Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Weston-Super-Mare · BS23 4NP · North Somerset
Ages 11–16
- Att840.7
- P8-0.5
- EM5+38%
- Absence11.6%
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Randle
- Telephone
- 01934313290