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Churchill Academy & Sixth Form

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Churchill Green, Churchill, Winscombe BS25 5QN · churchill-academy.org · 01934 852771

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected May 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.3
average Attainment 8 score. North Somerset 46.8, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,488
88% of 1,698 places
Local authority
North Somerset
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
14.9%
First language not English
3.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Lighthouse Schools Partnership

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 238 families put the school first and 246 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 297 (Places 269)297September 2023: 246 (Places 259)246September 2024: 239 (Places 248)239September 2025: 231 (Places 240)231September 2026: 238 (Places 246)238Places 246
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262462381100%
September 2025Sept 20252402311100%
September 2024Sept 20242482391100%
September 2023Sept 20232592460.9100%
September 2022Sept 20222692971.1▲90%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.3, and 53.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Somerset it was 46.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32.8 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 49.3 (England 46.3)49.32017/18: 50.4 (England 46.5)50.42018/19: 48.8 (England 46.7)48.82021/22: 50.1 (England 48.8)50.12022/23: 49.3 (England 46.3)49.32023/24: 48.7 (England 45.9)48.72024/25: 50.3 (England 46.0)50.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.346.0
▲53.4%45.4%
▲74.6%64.8%
▼18.9%40.5%
●4.254.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form48.1−3.6
Sixth form college1.2—
Further education39.6+2.1
Apprenticeship4.6+1.5
Employment1.5−1.2
Not in a lasting destination3.8+1.5
Activity not captured1.2−0.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 31.4 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.9 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 35.0 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 33.4 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 35.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.6 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 31.7 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 32.8 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
136 studentsC+ (32.8)Average +0.03
138 studentsC+ (32)Average -0.01
34 studentsMerit- (22.9)Average -0.22
8 studentsDist+ (37.5)Average +0.23
12.2%AAB or better
93.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24117C+ (31.7)-0.08
2022/23170C+ (33.6)—
2021/22153B- (35.1)—
2018/19132C+ (33.4)+0.17
2017/18133C+ (35)+0.21
2016/17137C (29.9)+0.04
2015/16132C (31.4)0.00

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University40−7.5
Further education11.2+3.1
Apprenticeship5.6+4.3
Employment30.4−2.1
Not in a lasting destination8.8+2.5
Activity not captured4−0.4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Churchill Academy & Sixth Form on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
20 May 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2023Requires improvement
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jul 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • May 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (216 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
70%
Replies
216
14% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼79% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼78% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼67% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼79% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼68% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼76% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●93% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼67% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼67% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 37% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼60% agreeEngland 67%

based on 65 parents (30%) with SEND

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