Worle Community School
Redwing Drive, Mead Vale, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 8XX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Tidman
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Priory Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,244
- URN
- 143137
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Telephone
- 01934510777
About this school
Worle Community School is a secondary academy in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,244 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 279 | 277 | 242 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.2 | 41.9 | 40.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.56 -0.73 to -0.39 | -0.33 -0.50 to -0.17 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 39.4% | 41.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 63.9% | 58.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 25.6% | 17.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
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 Worle 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 | 38.2 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.4 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,348 |
| 2023/24 | 1,357 |
| 2024/25 | 1,288 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Worle Community School compares
Worle Community School ranked 9th of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.4 | 12.2% | 27.6% | 1,244 | — |
| Winterstoke Hundred Academy | 40.1 | 11.7% | 24.5% | 870 | 0.9 miles |
| Priory Community School | 44.2 | 8.4% | 18.1% | 1,486 | 1.1 miles |
| Hans Price Academy | 47.6 | 9.5% | 33.7% | 1,046 | 1.9 miles |
| Broadoak Academy | 38.7 | 10.5% | 40.1% | 792 | 2.7 miles |
| Churchill Academy & Sixth Form | 50.3 | 8.3% | 13.6% | 1,488 | 5.3 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)
- 27.56%
- English as an additional language
- 11.6%
- Overall absence
- 12.24%
- Persistent absence
- 34.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Winterstoke Hundred Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Priory Community School1.1 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Hans Price Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Broadoak Academy2.7 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form5.3 miles
Secondary · Winscombe
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
Worle Community School ranks 3rd of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Broadoak Academy Secondary
- Hans Price Academy Secondary
- Priory Community School Secondary
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy 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 year groups does Worle Community School teach?
- Worle Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the headteacher of Worle Community School?
- The headteacher of Worle Community School is Mr Mark Tidman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Worle Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Worle 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 big is Worle Community School?
- Worle Community School has 1,244 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Worle Community School full?
- Worle Community School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,244 on roll (83%), so it has space against 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 Worle Community School a faith school?
- No. Worle Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Worle Community School a selective school?
- No. Worle Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Worle Community School?
- Worle 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.
- How have Worle Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.2 in 2022/23 and 40.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Worle Community School rank locally?
- Worle Community School ranked 9th of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Worle Community School's absence rate?
- Worle Community School's overall absence rate is 12.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Worle Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Worle 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 2 July 2026.