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Worle Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Redwing Drive, Mead Vale, Weston-Super-Mare BS22 8XX · worle-school.org.uk · 01934 510777
On the mapSearch near BS22 8XX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.4
- 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
- 1,244
- 83% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.1%
- First language not English
- 12.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Pathway Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 165 families put the school first and 173 places were offered; 100% 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 | 173 | 165 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 208 | 143 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 254 | 192 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 273 | 254 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 246 | 194 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.4, and 41.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Somerset it was 46.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼17.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.34 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109313)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.2 | −3.3 |
| Sixth form college | 0.7 | +0.3 |
| Further education | 74.4 | +0.6 |
| Other education | 0.7 | +0.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7 | −0.2 |
| Employment | 4 | +0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.1 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.2 | +1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Worle Community School on 2 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 2 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109313), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Feb 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109313)
What parents said
43% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (184 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 43%
- Replies
- 184
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 37 parents (20%) with SEND