Winterstoke Hundred Academy

Winterstoke Hundred Academy is performing well since its establishment as a new free school in September 2020. The overall effectiveness has been deemed good, with commendable performance across various aspects including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school has successfully integrated new pupils each year and established a supportive environment for both academic and personal growth, which is reflected in high engagement levels and a broad spectrum of extracurricular activities. However, there are ongoing improvements needed in certain areas, particularly in supporting pupils with special educational needs and ensuring effective assessment practices to gauge student understanding accurately. Areas of strength include the ambitious curriculum that supports all pupils, including those in the rapidly expanding sixth form, alongside innovative initiatives like the breakfast club and a well-implemented personal, social, and health education curriculum. While staff manage to maintain calm classroom behavior and a strong sense of belonging, some systemic issues stemming from the school's growth have affected communication with parents and the effectiveness of reading interventions for lower-level readers. Nonetheless, the school is addressing these challenges systematically with the aim of further integrating best practices.

Strengths

• Well-organized and ambitious curriculum
• Strong support for academic and personal well-being
• Broad and diverse range of extracurricular activities
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Rapidly expanding sixth-form provision with varied course options

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupil understanding lead to misconceptions being unaddressed
• Support for pupils with SEND has not developed as quickly as the school has grown
• Reading interventions for struggling readers have been slow to implement

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 Winterstoke Hundred Academy attended 88.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 33.9% 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, 12.3% of pupils at Winterstoke Hundred Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 Winterstoke Hundred Academy had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.8% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Winterstoke Hundred Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.4% 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 Winterstoke Hundred Academy received £8,245 and spent £8,305 for each of its 835 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £487,000 (£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

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

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

What is Winterstoke Hundred Academy's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Winterstoke Hundred Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Winterstoke Hundred Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Winterstoke Hundred Academy have?

Winterstoke Hundred Academy has 870 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winterstoke Hundred Academy cover?

Winterstoke Hundred Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Winterstoke Hundred Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.5, and 31% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Winterstoke Hundred Academy?

Winterstoke Hundred Academy is at 1 Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS24 8EE.