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Nailsea School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Mizzymead Road, Nailsea, Bristol BS48 2HN · nailseaschool.com · 01275 852251

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
52.6
average Attainment 8 score. North Somerset 46.8, England 46
Last distance offered
6.29 mi
10.12 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Criterion 5 · North Somerset Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,197
92% of 1,300 places
Local authority
North Somerset
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
14.5%
First language not English
6.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Wessex Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 5” went to a home 6.29 mi (10.12 km) from the school. Source: North Somerset Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 190 families put the school first and 197 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 191 (Places 219)191September 2023: 170 (Places 203)170September 2024: 189 (Places 197)189September 2025: 196 (Places 198)196September 2026: 190 (Places 197)190Places 197
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026197190198%
September 2025Sept 20251981961100%
September 2024Sept 20241971891100%
September 2023Sept 20232031700.8100%
September 2022Sept 20222191910.9100%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Criterion 5Distance
September 20266.29 mi10.12 km

Offer-day round; later rounds (places freed by refusals) are not read.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.6, and 55.6% 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 B- (37.4 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: 45.4 (England 46.3)45.42017/18: 46.7 (England 46.5)46.72018/19: 42.9 (England 46.7)42.92021/22: 50.9 (England 48.8)50.92022/23: 48.0 (England 46.3)48.02023/24: 49.3 (England 45.9)49.32024/25: 52.6 (England 46.0)52.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲52.646.0
▲55.6%45.4%
▲75.9%64.8%
▼29.9%40.5%
▲4.604.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form53.8+6.2
Sixth form college1.7—
Further education32.9−4.6
Other education1.2+0.6
Apprenticeship6.9−0.2
Employment0.6−4.2
Not in a lasting destination1.7+0.5
Activity not captured1.20

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: 27.8 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 29.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 33.9 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 32.1 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 34.4 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 37.6 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 39.3 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 37.4 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
80 studentsB- (37.4)Above average +0.27
80 studentsB- (37.2)Above average +0.24
51 studentsDist- (33.3)Average +0.25
21.7%AAB or better
95.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2471B (39.3)+0.40
2022/2360B- (37.6)—
2021/2266C+ (34.4)—
2018/1980C+ (32.1)-0.03
2017/1867C+ (33.9)+0.28
2016/1785C (29.5)-0.11
2015/1691C- (27.8)-0.34

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University47.7+8.7
Further and other education5.8+0.9
Further education4.7+1
Other education1.20
Apprenticeship4.7−8.7
Employment32.6+4.6
Not in a lasting destination9.3+0.8

Ofsted

Nailsea School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
12 Mar 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2020Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Sept 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (243 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
86%
Replies
243
22% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼84% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●90% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●83% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●83% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼75% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing●87% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●81% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲84% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲67% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●65% agreeEngland 67%

based on 80 parents (33%) with SEND

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