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Hanham Woods Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Memorial Road, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3LA · 0117 440 8900
On the mapSearch near BS15 3LA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.1
- average Attainment 8 score. South Gloucestershire 42.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 825
- 92% of 900 places
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- First language not English
- 7.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 135 families put the school first and 174 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 174 | 135 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 170 | 146 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 174 | 147 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 170 | 178 | 1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 174 | 156 | 0.9 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.1, and 38.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across South Gloucestershire it was 42.9, and across England 46.
In 2015/16 the average A level result was grade C- (27.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ●62.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼35.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.86 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.8 | −1.4 |
| Sixth form college | 34.4 | +3 |
| Further education | 29.9 | −1.5 |
| Other education | 2.6 | +1.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 14.9 | +1.8 |
| Employment | 4.5 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.8 | −2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2015/16 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| A level | 44 | C- (27.8) | +0.88 |
| All academic | 44 | C- (27.8) | +0.88 |
Ofsted
Hanham Woods Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109318), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Apr 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
- Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109318)
What parents said
62% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (173 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 62%
- Replies
- 173
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 50 parents (29%) with SEND