Hans Price Academy

Hans Price Academy continues to be a good school, demonstrating strengths in providing a supportive and inclusive environment for its pupils. The school has high expectations and fosters a sense of belonging, ensuring that every student is treated as an individual. The curriculum is ambitious and well-designed, with teachers who are subject experts. Most pupils achieve well and take pride in their learning, thanks to effective opportunities for reading and a broad range of extracurricular activities. The school’s commitment to the personal development of students is reflected in their respectful culture and strong pastoral systems.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and well cared for
• High expectations and warm relationships are central to the school ethos
• Ambitious curriculum that is well-structured
• Strong focus on reading and support for disadvantaged pupils
• Effective systems in place to maintain good behaviour
• Broad range of extracurricular activities available for all pupils
• Highly personalised support for pupils with SEND
• Positive transition process from primary to secondary education

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not used effectively in some areas of the curriculum
• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding before introducing new content

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hans Price Academy attended 90.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 12.7% of pupils at Hans Price Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hans Price Academy had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.3% of pupils at Hans Price Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hans Price Academy received £9,084 and spent £9,102 for each of its 1,032 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £602,000 (£584 per pupil).

Across all 33 schools of Cabot Learning Federation, income was £8,647 and spending £8,763 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Weston-Super-Mare · North Somerset local authority: places and applications

Hans Price Academy is part of Cabot Learning Federation, which runs 34 schools. The nearest others:

• Haywood Village Academy North Somerset
• Broadoak Academy Weston-Super-Mare
• Airfield Primary Academy Weston-Super-Mare
• Uphill Village Academy Weston-Super-Mare
• Winterstoke Hundred Academy Weston-Super-Mare
• Herons' Moor Academy Weston-Super-Mare
• Lime Hills Academy Nailsea
• Woodlands Academy Bristol
• Waycroft Academy Bristol
• Evergreen Primary Academy Bristol

What is Hans Price Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hans Price Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Hans Price Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hans Price Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Hans Price Academy have?

Hans Price Academy has 1,046 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hans Price Academy cover?

Hans Price Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Hans Price Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.2, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hans Price Academy?

Hans Price Academy is at Marchfields Way, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 3QP.