Baytree School
The Campus, Highlands Lane, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7DX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Edward Bowen-Roberts
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 148
- URN
- 109409
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934427555
About this school
Baytree School is a community special school in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 148 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | - | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | - | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | - | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Baytree School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
| 2024/25 | 119 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.58%
- English as an additional language
- 7.6%
- Overall absence
- 11.65%
- Persistent absence
- 30.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Voyage Learning Campus2.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Westhaven School3.6 miles
Special schools · Weston-super-Mare
-
Sidcot School4.9 miles
Independent schools · Winscombe
-
Seven Hills6.2 miles
Special schools
-
Lime Hills Academy8.7 miles
Free Schools · Nailsea
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
- Voyage Learning Campus Local authority maintained schools
- Westhaven School Special schools
- Airfield Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcombe Primary School Primary
- Becket Primary School Primary
- Bournville Primary School Primary
- Castle Batch Primary School Academy Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Drakelow Park Flying High Academy Primary
- Herons' Moor Academy Primary
- Hutton Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Baytree School teach?
- Baytree School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Baytree School?
- The acting headteacher of Baytree School is Mr Edward Bowen-Roberts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Baytree School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Baytree School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Baytree School?
- Baytree School has 148 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Baytree School full?
- Baytree School has capacity for 120 pupils and 148 on roll (123%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Baytree School a faith school?
- No. Baytree School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Baytree School have?
- The schools register lists Baytree School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Baytree School's absence rate?
- Baytree School's overall absence rate is 11.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Baytree School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Baytree School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.