Priory Community School
Queensway, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 6BP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Angelos Markoutsas
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Priory Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,486
- URN
- 137300
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934511411
About this school
Priory Community School is a secondary academy in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,486 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Priory Community School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 292 | 314 | 290 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.8 | 44.3 | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | 0.00 -0.17 to +0.16 | -0.13 -0.29 to +0.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 35.7% | 36.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 60.8% | 63.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 15.3% | 16.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
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 Priory Community 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 | North Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.8 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.3 | 38.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.2 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,513 |
| 2023/24 | 1,502 |
| 2024/25 | 1,485 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priory Community School compares
Priory Community School ranked 8th of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.2 | 8.4% | 18.1% | 1,486 | — |
| Worle Community School | 40.4 | 12.2% | 27.6% | 1,244 | 1.1 miles |
| Winterstoke Hundred Academy | 40.1 | 11.7% | 24.5% | 870 | 1.9 miles |
| Hans Price Academy | 47.6 | 9.5% | 33.7% | 1,046 | 3.0 miles |
| Broadoak Academy | 38.7 | 10.5% | 40.1% | 792 | 3.8 miles |
| Churchill Academy & Sixth Form | 50.3 | 8.3% | 13.6% | 1,488 | 4.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.05%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.43%
- Persistent absence
- 21.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Worle Community School1.1 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Winterstoke Hundred Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Hans Price Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Broadoak Academy3.8 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form4.7 miles
Secondary · Winscombe
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
Priory Community School ranks 2nd of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Broadoak Academy Secondary
- Hans Price Academy Secondary
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy Secondary
- Worle Community School Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does Priory Community School teach?
- Priory Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the principal of Priory Community School?
- The principal of Priory Community School is Mr Angelos Markoutsas, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Priory Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priory Community 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 many pupils are at Priory Community School?
- Priory Community School has 1,486 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Priory Community School full?
- Priory Community School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,486 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Priory Community School a faith school?
- No. Priory Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Priory Community School a selective school?
- No. Priory Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Priory Community School part of an academy trust?
- Priory Community School is part of THE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Priory Community School have?
- The schools register lists Priory Community School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Priory Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.8 in 2022/23 and 44.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Priory Community School compare with other schools in North Somerset?
- Priory Community School ranked 8th of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Priory Community School's absence rate?
- Priory Community School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Priory Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Priory Community 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 1 July 2026.